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When World War II ended, the Rosie the Riveter Home Front National Historical Park Visitor Education Center in Richmond, Calif., was closed.
But that doesn't mean you can't visit the elementary school that helped shape America's response to the war, the National Park Service says in a press release.
"While it is not open for tours due to its status as a working elementary school, [the center] stands as a reminder of the community's collective effort to ensure education continued despite the challenges of wartime," the NPS says.
As population growth in the Bay Area was driven by the war industries, including the Kaiser Shipyards, school overcrowding was a major issue, the NPS says.
Nystrom Elementary was one of the schools at the center of the overcrowding, with an average of 67 children per classroom by 1944, the press release notes.
In addition to temporary classrooms and makeshift learning spaces, churches, recreational centers, and other facilities were repurposed to serve classrooms, the NPS says.
"The experience of dealing wartime education adaptations on practical education became a reminder of the community's collective involvement in education," the press release says.
"These efforts not only addressed the immediate needs of the wartime population but also laid the groundwork for future educational development in California
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