Strullendorf ES History
Opened: 1980
Closed: 1989
Strullendorf American Elementary School was part of the Bamberg military community that had three schools: one high school and two elementary schools. At the beginning of the eighties, the schools were relatively new. Two schools were located adjacent to the post in the Flynn Housing Area and the third was located in Strullendorf, about ten minutes from Bamberg, Germany. The Bamberg military post and housing area were located in the northeastern edge of the city of Bamberg.
Strullendorf American Elementary School was a new addition to the Bamberg Community for the 1980-81 school year. The school was located in a newly renovated building previously used as a German orphanage. At the beginning of the eighties, it had a staff of twenty with approximately 300 students in grades K–6. The school served the children who lived in the Pines Housing Area or on the German economy. Strullendorf and Bamberg Elementary schools shared specialists. Specialists at the school included learning development, reading improvement specialists, speech therapist, health education, media specialist, music, art, and physical education and counselors.
By the 1987-88 school year, the elementary school enrollment had increased to 415 students in grades K–6. The school closed at the end of the 1988-89 school year.