Herenstraat 4, Aalten (no longer extant)
De Openbare Lagere School aan de Herenstraat in Aalten werd opgericht in 1884. De nieuwe school verving daarmee de aloude dorpsschool aan de Landstraat. Hoofden der school waren door de tijd heen de heren Stegeman, Veenstra, Bennink, de Lange, van Rugge, Brunt, Siebrands, van Zeijl en Leferink.
Tijdens de bezettingsjaren was de school korte tijd in gebruik als ‘Fallschirm-Armee Waffenschule’.
In the 1960s, classes from the Commercial Evening School were also held here three nights a week.
In October 1974, the school had to temporarily close its doors due to a flea infestation. The cause was discovered to be a litter of cats living underneath the school building.
Closure
In 1976 werd een nieuwe openbare basisschool in Aalten in gebruik genomen aan de Wehmerstraat. Deze kreeg later de naam ‘Openbare Basisschool De Slinger‘.
Upon leaving the old building, the schoolchildren sang the following lines during a noisy parade to the tune of ‘Yellow Submarine’: “Where we’re going is the new school, on Wehmerstraat, where it looks so grand. Ninety years old is our school on Herenstraat, in a tumbledown state, etc.”
In 1977, the old school on Herenstraat was demolished, and the site was converted into a car park, known today as ’t Hoge Blik.
6 August 1969
14 October 1974
Features
| Cadastral no. | I-13311 |
| Function | Primary school |
| Year of construction | 1884 |
| Demolition | 1977 |
