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John A. Kooken was a principal and eventually superintendent of the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ ISD. He moved to ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ in 1908 when the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ public school system consisted of three small buildings, a superintendent and principal and 10 teachers. Kooken was the first ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ educator to have a school named after him.

Kooken Elementary, located on the original site of North Side School, was built in 1938. In 1988, Kooken Educational Center re-opened as the only preschool campus in the district.