Talk:Rufus King International High School

message: This article mentioned Rufus King was part of the WPA.  This information was probably taken from here:
http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/king/local/school.html
I doubt the accuracy of this.  Construction of the school began in 1932 and it opened for students in 1934.  The WPA didn't start until FDR's executive order of May 6, 1935.  If someone has more detailed information on why someone would think the WPA had anything to do with King's construction I'd be interested in seeing it. It's possible someone got confused and they actually meant the Public Works Administration which was started in 1933.  It's possible that some funding for the construction was made available in this manner.  I've left the article a bit vague since I don't have any conclusive sources that attribute construction to the PWA.
sam 08:22, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

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message: This article sounds A LOT like an advertisment, such as...
The school promotes positive values in a culturally-diverse setting. Rufus King students are of many and varied interests, the heart of which is motivation to compete, achieve, and excel academically.
I find nothing wrong with trying to advertise a school, but Wikipedia is for information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigbobon1 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising? 

message: I added a lot of new informaton (links, achievement and more) and re-formatted the infobox. 
--Zkomes (talk) 04:58, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major edits: 2010 

message: Note, this is a duplicate of what I posted on the RKMS talk page.
FYI, the RKMS article is not complete, historically speaking.  I think it is most appropriate there because, although the physical location is different, the name "Rufus King Middle School" is what those searching for info on it will most likely use instead of the address.  However, some mention of this shared locale history might best be mentioned here to carry users to the RKMS page.
Back in the 1970s, Rufus King HS became a magnet (college prep) school and added a Middle School program (as far as I know, it ran from 1978-1981) at the 1801 W. Olive campus (the HS program was run side-by-side with it).  As far as I can recall, the original RKMS was ended in 1981, but I don't know why.  The RKHS College Prep program continued, including the IB program.
I tried to find some information on the original RKMS but, aside from incidental mention of it on places like Classmates.com, I couldn't find anything.   I would imagine microfilm records in Milwaukee and Wisconsin newspapers would have plenty of mention of RKMS.  Rufus King ranked on tests as the top public school in the city and beat out most private schools, too, in addition to performing very well in basketball (state champs at least once), choir and other competitions, as well as getting critical acclaim for some of its musicals and other performances.
I realize that documentation of these facts is required.  Unfortunately, I divested myself of all the memorabilia from my time at RKMS and RKHS, aside from my class ring, so I cannot help - especially since I live in Indonesia now.ReveurGAM (talk) 04:39, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing RKMS info 

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