Editing Springfield Elementary School

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name=Springfield Elementary School|
image=[[File:SpringfieldElementary3.jpg|270px]]|
District=Unknown|
Town=[[Springfield]]|
use=Education|
owner=Superintendent [[Chalmers]], Principal [[Skinner]]|
first appearance=[[Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire]]|
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'''Springfield Elementary School''' is the school which [[Bart Simpson]], [[Lisa Simpson]] and their fellow students attend. The schools mascot is a puma.<ref>[[Separate Vocations]]</ref><ref>[[Pokey Mom]]</ref> In the opening credits the school is featured with [[Bart]] writing lines on a blackboard.

== Design ==
Springfield Elementary is around two stories high, and contains a Gym and a Cafeteria. The basement includes a steam tunnel.

The school's design and apparent floorplan is identical to Ainsworth Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.  [[Matt Groening]] attended Ainsworth as a child. The floorplan is also identical to that of [[West Springfield Elementary School]].

== Conditions ==
Springfield Elementary is a satirical comment on the state of public schools and education in the United States. The school had used rather bizarre methods to make up for the lack of funding.
[[File:SpringfieldElementary1.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A Classroom in Springfield Elementary]]

It has been stated many times that the school is filled with asbestos.  Underfunding of the school has resulted in a variety of troubling scenarios for students and staff.  Sub-standard facilities abound, including a cinder block having replaced the school's tether ball, cafeteria food made from circus animals, shredded newspaper, and old gym mats (only the teachers eat french fries made from potatoes), among others. It was notably revealed in the episode "[[Lisa Gets an "A"|Lisa Gets an 'A']]" that Springfield Elementary was at one time voted "The Most Dilapidated School in Missouri"—it was then moved, brick-by-brick, to Springfield. 

[[File:SpringfieldElementary2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Springfield Elementary Gym]]

For a few episodes for example, the school also had a tower with a winding staircase within which led to an observation area, a featured that has not appeared since.<ref>[[Principal Charming]]</ref> Other short period additions include a disabled ramp access system constructed by local [[Springfield Mafia|mafia]] funding and made of bread. In one episode, the presentation hall is bulldozed to make way for a mini-mall.

In [[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]], [[Groundskeeper Willie]] accidentally struck oil and the school built a large drilling rig on top of the building. Unfortunantly, [[Mr. Burns]] took the oil first and Springfield Elementary was made even poorer due to the cost of deconstructing the drill.

In [[The PTA Disbands]], Springfield Elementary was also converted to a prison to support funds.

The school's address is 19 Plympton Street<ref>[[Bart on the Road]]</ref>

== Faculty ==
*See [[List of Springfield Elementary Faculty Members]]
== Name of South Carolina school ==
In 1994, the naming of a new elementary school in Greenwood, S.C. was left up to the students, and the name ''Springfield Elementary'' was chosen. The school board was unaware of the connection to ''The Simpsons'' until a protest by one group of parents. The name stood for the school, which opened in August 1994 [http://www.gwd50.org/SPR-Web/springfieldelementary.htm].<ref>http://www.snpp.com/other/articles/briefhistory.html</ref>

== Episode Appearances ==
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* {{Ep|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire}}
* {{Ep|Bart the Genius}}
* {{Ep|Homer's Odyssey}}
* {{Ep|Bart the General}}
* {{Ep|Moaning Lisa}}
* {{Ep|Homer's Night Out}}
* {{Ep|The Crepes of Wrath}}
* {{Ep|Bart Gets an F}}
* {{Ep|Dancin' Homer}}
* {{Ep|Bart the Daredevil}}
* {{Ep|Principal Charming}}
* {{Ep|Lisa's Substitute}}
* {{Ep|Treehouse of Horror XIX}}
* {{Bon|The Amazing Colossal Homer}}
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== References ==
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== See Also ==
*[[Education in The Simpsons]]

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