Edison Elementary School is the name of a K–8

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in the town of

Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...

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, United States. Its mascot is the Wildcat.

History

The original building was built in 1914 and was used for Edison High School, but by the late 1940s, Edison had partnered with nearby Burlington to create the Burlington-Edison School District, including a new high school,

Burlington-Edison High School Burlington-Edison High School (commonly abbreviated to B-EHS) is a public high school in Burlington, Washington. It serves students in grades 9–12 in the Burlington-Edison School District, including the communities of Burlington, Bow, Edison, an ...

. In 1996, the district tore down the original building and constructed a new building for Edison Elementary.

References

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