Grand Junction Junior High School, Grand Junction, Colorado 1926 1972 920 Chipeta Avenue Grand Junction Mesa Colorado 81501 USA place:1540 Grand Junction High School (first location), Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction Junior High School was constructed after the passage of a school bond measure in 1925. Grand Junction School District 1 built the school in 1926, placing it on the west end of what was then the Grand Junction High School Campus. Junior high students had previously gone to school in the high school building. The two-story junior high building was made of brick. In 1956, a new Grand Junction High School was built, and the junior high school expanded into the old high school building while still using their previous building. By 1971, over 1,200 students attended the junior high, making it overcrowded. The former high school building was in poor condition. Instead of remodeling the buildings, East and West Junior High Schools (now middle schools) were constructed. The high school building was torn down, and the former junior high school building became Columbine Elementary School, housing students that had formerly gone to the Emerson and Lowell Schools. Columbine too was torn down with the construction of Chipeta Elementary School in the 2000’s. *Some information taken from "In the Beginning... A History of the Districts and Schools that became Mesa County Valley School District Number 51" by Albert and Terry LaSalle. yes yes