 | Bonner Elementary School, formerly known as Cypress Street Elementary School, was built in 1926. The school name was changed in 1954 to honor its first and longest serving principal, Evelyn Bonner, who headed the school from 1927 to 1959. Mary McLeod Bethune was the keynote speaker at the ceremony honoring Bonner. Although she seldom spoke above a whisper, Evelyn Bonner's words were unchallenged. Even after her retirement, Bonner visited the school almost daily until her death in 1977 at the age of 85. |
