Commentary: A Converse native reflects on the friendships formed and lessons learned at Converse Elementary.
The former Converse Elementary School property has been purchased and razed to make way for a QuickTrip gas station and convenience store off of School Street in the San Antonio suburb.Since learning of the plan to demolish the Converse Elementary School building located at 102 School Street in January, I suppose I’ve been in an odd fog of denial. On Sept. 10, however, that fog was lifted, and my eyes met the destruction of the structure.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. The nameless neighborhood the elementary school stood in since 1958 when the common school districts of Converse, Kirby, and Selma were combined is my childhood neighborhood. Not too much has changed about that neighborhood. It’s still the safest place in the world for me. My parents are still in the same house, and I visit them all the time. returning to live in Converse with my family
The pain felt is not exceptional, but it is exquisitely personal. There is a feeling that memories are attached to the structure and the destruction of it somehow destroys memories as well. There is a sense that the building is needed to recall every memory and without it, something may be forgotten. I stood there attempting the impossible, to recall everything that happened to me while in attendance there.
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