Westchester is Back — and Its Got a Brand New T-Shirt!
Decatur Metro | July 15, 2014 | 12:06 pm
All you old “Save Westchester!” folks, take note and take out your wallets.
Westchester Elementary School will reopen its doors to students with the start of school on August 4th. Why not celebrate with a new t-shirt?
The new Westchester PTA is offering this t-shirt online for $15 with this note…
The teachers have already selected the school colors which are Orange, Blue, & Red!
Each student at Westchester will be provided a field trip shirt by the PTA. These t-shirts will be distributed on August 1 at the Meet & Greet at school.
However, you can use this site to order a Westchester Sign design for yourself, spouse, grandparents, children, etc. Let’s start this first school year back at Westchester with a bang, and a sea of orange, blue, and red!
Related – you can view some Westchester renovation photos on CSD’s Facebook page.
As exciting as Westchester re-opening is for the community, I don’t think they could have picked uglier colors if they tried!
Oh, they did try–but chartreuse & aqua were already taken.
I’m going to have to assume that the other CSD schools already grabbed the rest of the seven traditional primary and secondary colors and only orange was left. I think Westchester was originally blue and gold but am shocked that I don’t actually remember. Or maybe it was red because Ms. Kuebler always gave out miniature red sneakers. I was going to buy a T-shirt for my former-Westchester child but not so sure now. I’ll wait until something cuter comes out. I think they should have picked a multi-color scheme that matches their marquee “Westchester, a Community Learning for Life”.
Living up to your handle DawgFan…
I’m no fan of Florida colors, but I have to respectfully disagree. The teachers could have picked Carolina Blue.
Grrrrr….
Go Heels!
I want to get some “Close Westchester!” (with raised fist graphic) tee shirts made but I’ve got two problems:
1. Can’t figure out the best color scheme.
2. Afraid that ironic tee shirts have gone out of style.
I drove by today and noticed it looked like there was a flurry of activity. I wasn’t sure what they were doing with it. There’s a big dumpster out front. Waiting kind of late to start working on it, aren’t they? Or maybe they have been and I just noticed. There seemed to be a lot of greenery cut in front of the ball field area. Something was different – it seems much more open now.
It’s been worked on all summer.
Cool, and when they close it again you’ll be able to scratch off the apostrophe.
Love the colors!
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The original colors were gold and maroon – at least those were the colors of my cheerleading uniform back in the ’60s.
Gator colors
You won’t see this family wearing those colors.
Ignoring the shirt’s color, I love the “We’re Back!” It’s a tribute to both the old and new Westchester without having to say “We Told You So!”
Also, I don’t remember “Save Westchester” being an actual slogan back in the day. My memory is that first there were “We Love All Our K-5 Schools” yard signs (when Clairemont was on the chopping block) then whatever the Decatur School Alliance (DSA) had on their signs when Westchester was on the chopping block (Four K/5? or was it Five K-5?). Then whatever the Citizens United for Decatur schools (CUDS) had on their signs (Support CSD?) when DSA mounted a petition. Then when the school administration converted classrooms to offices, “Free Westchester” for all those older parents who remembered the Chicago Seven and all those younger parents who remembered “Free Willy”.
And yet, strangely, I don’t recall any yard signs or t-shirts or blog posts when College Heights and Fifth Avenue were on the chopping block before that.
Fifth Avenue was a shame. There should have been more discussion. There were study circles in which many of us participated and suggested all sorts of solutions but the input was never used. College Heights was down to 90 kids so it probably didn’t stand a chance. Maybe Fifth Avenue and College Heights should have been combined. But then we wouldn’t have had the ECLC. The main error was not believing the parents of babies and toddlers on the north, south, west, and east sides that a huge wave of schoolchildren was coming.
Actually, wasn’t there a movement to keep College Heights open when it was first slated to closed? I heard at the study circles that parents/teachers were able to stave off closure for a year or two but then gave up during the reconfiguration. The principal moved up to Westchester for a year as kindergarten/preK principal during the Clairemont and College Heights renovations that immediately followed the school closures.
I don’t remember any “Save 5th Ave or College Heights campaigns” either, but also don’t remember any effort to supress such a campaign. I do remember that there was a total of five students in one grade at 5th Ave at that time. Imagine that. Here we are 12 years or so later and there are probably 10-20 times that many kids per grade in the old 5th Ave zone.
The rally cry was “Free Westchester!” (Raise fist). A suspect decision finally reversed. As Dorothy remarked, “There’s no place like home.”
This says it’s a field trip shirt. I think the bright, unusual color will make the children more visible when they are on field trips, which will make it easier to keep them together. Planning for safety and visibility is a good thing. Although the chartreuse and aqua might have been a good idea too.
Excellent point. I missed the designation of “field trip”. As someone who has chaperoned many a field trip, I see the value of loud and bright–1) helps you locate the strays; and 2) makes the kids more visible to vehicles on walking field trips. (There’s something irresistible about walking on the edge of the sidewalk curb for some students.)
secretly glad my kids will never have to wear those colors