FARMERS BRANCH TO GET NEW SCHOOL

The Carrollton-Farmers Branch School Board has accepted plans for new 24 classroom, air conditioned elementary school to be build ton the Field property recently purchased by the school district.
Specifically, the school will be located on 10 acres east of Vivian Field Junior High School on Tom Field Road and Richland Street. The architect for the new school is John Thompson who also designed Central Elementary School. Plans for construction have been put out for bids and these  will be opened on October 24 at 3 p.m.
The new school will be named the Farmers Branch Elementary School and the school which currently bears that name will be changed to Valley View Elementary School.
The School Board has also accepted preliminary plans for an auditorium and field house to be build on the R. L. Turner campus, Working drawings are to be completed by Architect Thompson no later than March 1, 1968

The Carrollton Chronicle - Thursday, Sept 28, 1967
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams