About our School

Students

  • Approximately 250 students
  • Average student class size: 19

Staff

Staff includes:

  • Principal
  • Secretary
  • 14 Regular Education Teachers
  • part-time School counselor
  • part-time Social worker
  • Vocal and Instrumental music instructors
  • full-time Nurse
  • Special education including speech and occupational therapy
  • 3 English Language Learner teachers as well as 2 full-time translators
  • regular and special education para-educators
  • Integration specialist and full-time technology assistant

Technology

  • 100% classrooms equipped with at least 1 computers
  • 1 computer lab and 2 mobile lab carts
  • Wireless access throughout building
  • Infinite Campus/ Connect-ED (school-home communication)


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The 1964-65 school year marked the beginning of E. F. Starr Elementary School. Five prefabricated buildings were placed on a site north of Stolley Park Road and west of Sylvan. It was originally named Wasmer Annex and enrolled 103 students. This site was selected as the location for the new Barr Junior High building, so in 1966 the buildings were moved to the present location on Wyandotte Street. Three more buildings were added to make a seven room school with office and media center. The newly created school was named for Elias F. Starr, a long time Barr Junior High principal.
In 1972, Starr Parent Teachers Association formally requested construction of permanent facilities because children in the area had been served by temporary classrooms for nine years. In 1973, the Board of Education authorized the new school to be built with funds from a special mill levy. The cornerstone was laid on October 19, 1974, and the building was ready for the beginning of the 1975 school year.


Special Programs

  • All Day Kindergarten
  • YWCA almost home pick-up location
  • Differentiated Curriculum
  • High Ability Learner Program
  • Character Education
  • Junior Achievement
  • 21st Century Learning Program after school and during the summer
  • ER1 (Extended Reading for 1st Grade)
  • G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education & Training)
  • P.T.O (Parent Teacher Organization)
  • English Language Learners
  • Stuhr Museum H.A.T.S Program (K-5)
  • PE after school programs: basketball, rope jumping
  • Free Breakfast for all students


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The five year-old Starr School, along with numerous homes and businesses was destroyed by a series of tornados which hit the city on the night of June 3, 1980. All salvageable equipment and materials from the school were stored. With the help of countless numbers of parents and teachers, temporary facilities were ready for the start of school in August. The reconstructed school was ready for occupancy in January, 1981, with an enrollment of 218. Enrollment has continued to climb, with the present enrollment being over 250.
During the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 School years the Starr PTA worked hard with the parents and students of Starr School to update the original playground. Over $40,000 was collected in money and donations to replace the weathered wooden structure with not one but two beautiful play structures. Benches and trees were then added to complete the playground renovation. In December 2002 a portable was installed on school grounds to accomodate a larger enrollment,
  • Kneale Administration Building
  • 123 South Webb Road, Box 4904
  • Grand Island, NE 68802-4904
  • Phone: 308 385-5900
  • Fax: 308 385-5949
  • For further information email Web Master.

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