Can anyone tell me what happened to Oswego Jr High School? It was in an older neighborhood, east of downtown, as I recall.
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Rick
Traughber Jr High School
630-636-2700
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Test scores at Traughber Jr. High School, which opened in 2008, have shown improvement this year and the 2010 Illinois School Report Card revealed that 88.8 percent of students at the school met Illinois Standards Achievement Test standards. That's an increase of 1.3 percent from the year previous. Traughber draws students from Oswego, Joliet, Plainfield and Montgomery and opened in its new location in 2008. Traughber Jr. High School was previously located at 61 Franklin St. near downtown Oswego.
- Fax: 630-636-2791
- Hours: Mon-Fri 8AM - 3PM
- Handicap Accessible: Yes
- Founding Date: 2008
- Number of students: 892
- Public/Private: Public
- Accreditation/licenses: Illinois State Board of Education
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 23.3 average class size
- Parking: Free lot
- Grade levels: 6-8
- Boarding: No
- Special education: Yes
- Uniforms: No
- Extracurricular activities: Student council, yearbook, Nature Helpers, jazz band, drama, jazz choir
- Sports teams: Boys and girls soccer, cross country, girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, spirit squad, wrestling and track
- Student clubs: Graphic Arts Club, Homework Club, Environmental Club, Chess & Game Club, Rocket Club, Taste of Traughber Club
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Originally known as Oswego High School, the building was renamed Oswego Junior High School in 1964. When Thompson Junior High was built in the 1970s, the building was renamed Traughber Junior High. Because it was landlocked with perennial parking and other site problems, the building was repurposed as the Oswego 308 Center a few years ago. It now houses the Oswego YMCA, as well as Oswego senior citizen programming, and some school district educational programs. The building is still in great shape after many additions over the years that greatly expanded its capacity.