Then and Now: Gardner Junior High School is now Waterford Street School
NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals How the new Gardner Junior High School arrived just in time The arrival of the new 'consolidated school' allowed the city to close many of its outdated and overcrowded school buildings Mike Richard Shortly after World War II, the phenomenon of the baby boom generation was born, literally. Referring to “a noticeable increase in the birth rate,” the post-war population jump was first described as a “boom” by columnist Sylvia Porter in the May 4, 1951, edition of the New York Post. Such terminology was based on the...
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