tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post6503986295039382968..comments2022-09-07T14:36:14.454-04:00Comments on Caminsky's World: Bulman FarewellJeff Caminskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03452066593646439709noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-35612133055873267562016-09-16T23:23:19.795-04:002016-09-16T23:23:19.795-04:00I attended Bulman grades K-5 (all the grades the s...I attended Bulman grades K-5 (all the grades the school offered at the time) from 1998–2003.<br /><br />I guess I never really considered how many thousands of people went there before me.<br /><br />Kind of a bummer I'll never be able to see those halls again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997517952762481046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-87643029558704485762015-12-06T08:43:38.742-05:002015-12-06T08:43:38.742-05:00Beth and Jerry: they started tearing down the sch...Beth and Jerry: they started tearing down the school shortly after I posted this article, in the summer of 2011. As I recall, it took nearly a year for them to complete the job and hall the debris away. My parents even retrieved a brick to give my brother and me before everything was cleared away. It was painful to see so much of your childhood memories being torn down, but at least the grounds are still being used as a park...even if it isn't the way this old athlete would have designed it.<br /><br />My brother and I were able to take a quick tour of the building before they started demolition, visiting all our old classrooms. And we got to talk to the Principal, who told us a bit about the district's plans. Declining enrollments throughout the district meant that they needed to consolidate their operations; and since poor old Bulman needed some renovations anyway, and the district didn't want to spend the upkeep money, it was deemed expendable. (I understand that some other grade schools in the district have met a similar fate...including Roosevelt, which was demolished in 2012.) If enrollment increases, we were told they may rebuild it, but I seriously doubt that will come to pass any time soon. <br /><br />Most kids in the area now go to MacGowan Elementary, which I believe is the only elementary school left in the district.Jeff Caminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03452066593646439709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-46892018058557068972015-12-06T00:41:00.352-05:002015-12-06T00:41:00.352-05:00I went home for a family funeral this week and dro...I went home for a family funeral this week and drove down Gaylord Street in Redford Township to see my childhood home. Memories flooded past as I drove by each house on the street. Continuing down Memory Lane, I drove down to the corner of Gaylord and Midland to see Bulman Elementary School. I could now believe my eyes that the school was totally gone! What and when and why did this happen? Anyone know the answers please let me know. I thought about calling the Redford Union School District to see if they know. I Googled it and this blog popped up. Any other information out there? Beth & Jerry Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598626012515777384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-21219223095211610612015-12-06T00:34:52.958-05:002015-12-06T00:34:52.958-05:00I was in town this week for a family funeral and d...I was in town this week for a family funeral and decided to drive past my childhood home on Gaylord in Redford Township. As I was remember who lived in each house, I drove down to the end of Gaylord and Midland to look at my elementary school, Bulman. I was shocked to see the building was totally gone! I thought it was a bad dream. When and why did this happen to Bulman. I see the playground is still up. Wow, I remember walking home in 1968 when the Tigers had just won the pennant! So many other memories feel shortened now that the school isn't there anymore. Where do the neighborhood children go for elementary now? I drove around the block and saw that the Middle/Jr. High school is still operational and it was so much older than Bulman. I'm perplexed to say the least. Any new on this would be helpful. Thanks!Beth & Jerry Hutchisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598626012515777384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-51751414893297471682012-06-06T07:04:48.821-04:002012-06-06T07:04:48.821-04:00Jeff, As part of your childhood, I remember the fu...Jeff, As part of your childhood, I remember the fun your dad and I had participating with ours and other baseball kids in our neighborhood.<br /><br />Fond memories indeed!<br />Ronronawoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029604384364132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-67169761511163179192012-06-05T21:04:53.148-04:002012-06-05T21:04:53.148-04:00Sad old Bulman School.....I walked past it every d...Sad old Bulman School.....I walked past it every day walking home from junior high, and soon Roosevelt School where I went will be a rubble heap. I went back there in '87 to do an observation, and when the "Roosevelt School Smell" hit me as I entered, I almost went back in time for real. Your comments about free play are so true......and the parts about "everyone is a winner" are true as well. I taught during the onslaught of the "middle school concept" and we are now working with these people......some without a sense of real responsibility, sadly. May change happen for the better.Junenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683867836365129937.post-85657404537450884392012-01-06T19:30:17.819-05:002012-01-06T19:30:17.819-05:00A lovely and hard-truth commentary about real and ...A lovely and hard-truth commentary about real and good things lost. My elementary school, Franklin School in North Bergen, NJ, was torn down and I don't choose to go back and look at what, if anything now fills that hole in the neighborhood. I like the comments about free play. Heavens, did we learn a lot about life while risking life and limb. I don't remember myself or a friend getting hurt. And when leather-lunged Moms wanted us home, we could hear them two blocks away!Charlesnoreply@blogger.com