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{{Infobox former school
|name           =Curry Elementary School
|image          =
|years=[[1929]]–[[2007]]
|grades         =K-5
|enrollment     =405
|enroll-year    =1942
|colors         =
|mascot         =
|address        = 7900 [[8th Avenue North]]
|city = Birmingham
|map      = ({{Locate_address_inline | address=7900+8th+Ave+N | zoom=17 | type=h}})
|district = [[Birmingham City Schools]]
}}

'''J. L. M. Curry School''', later '''Curry Elementary School''', was an elementary school located at 7900 [[8th Avenue North]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[North East Lake]] neighborhood, just east of [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]]. It was named for former [[Samford University|Howard College]] president [[Jabez Curry|Jabez L. M. Curry]].

The first school building was constructed in [[1929]], but was soon expanded with wings to the north and south. It was expanded again with a new wing dedicated on [[March 18]], [[1954]]. Four boys, aged 12 to 14, trashed the building in July [[1955]], breaking hundreds of windows, smashing a piano, destroying an electronic clock, and scattering books and materials all over the floors. The vandals were caught and were required to assist in cleaning up the damage.

In [[1959]] the "Schott System" for learning arithmetic was introduced at Curry Elementary.

The school was closed as part of a system-wide downsizing in [[2007]]. The building was demolished in [[2011]].

==Principals==
* [[George Cox]], 1929-1930
* [[Foster Ansley]], 1945
* [[Fannie Mae Riddle]], 1953-1965
* [[Herbert Hanes]], 1967
* [[Eugene Samples]], 1976

==References==
* Murphy, Alice (July 14, 1955) "[http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/10942 Who's to blame for boys' vandalism? Many may ask themselves question]" {{BN}} - via {{BPLDC}}
* Cook, George (July 19, 1955) "[http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/10941 Four Vandals Help Clean Up Wreckage]" {{BPH}} - via {{BPLDC}}

[[Category:Former Birmingham schools]]
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[[Category:1954 buildings]]
[[Category:2007 disestablishments]]
[[Category:2011 demolitions]]