CADILLAC â When McKinley Elementary opened in 1958, Craig Weidner was in fifth grade.
The 1966 Cadillac High School graduate remembered the excitement in the new school s opening. Weidner said the old McKinley Elementary was like the old Franklin Elementary. It was a three-story building with a gymnasium on the top floor. It has creaky old stairs and showed its age.
In contrast, the new one-story school, located at 601 E. North St., was new and different. While more than 60 years have passed and memories have faded, Weidner said the memory of the school s construction was a big deal.
The school now sits as a shell of its former self and soon, the structure will be demolished.