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50 years at FPS recalls country western naps, sticker burrs
Janet Rabke (left) and Beth Luckenbach look at their class photos from 1975 during last Thursday’s celebration that marked 50 years of the Fredericksburg Primary School opening. Attendees browsed through old photos, yearbooks and toured the campus after a welcome that included the mascot and cheerleaders. — Standard-Radio Post/ Standard-Radio Post/McKenna Dunworth
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By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter on February 18, 2026
50 years at FPS recalls country western naps, sticker burrs

When the Fredericksburg Primary School (FPS) was first built in 1975 there were no walls to divide classrooms. Teachers would create makeshift rooms from rolling shelves and dividers, said Beth Luckenbach, who taught at the school when it first opened.

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