Frances  L.  Jenkins

    Jenkins Middle School is named in honor of Frances L. Jenkins, a long-time School District 11 educator and former member of the D-11 Board of Education.

"I love children.  And I don't know why, but they liked me, too."

             That's how Frances L. Jenkins summed up a career in public education that spanned nearly 50 years.  As a math teacher at Palmer and Wasson high schools, she shared her gift for critical thinking with her students.
             As a mathematics supervisor, she was a respected colleague.  As a member of the Board of Education, she led by example, empathy and experience.

            A native Coloradoan, Frances and her husband of 58 years, Delmar, raised four children - all proud products of D-11.  In 1997, when she learned that School District 11's new middle school would be named in her honor, she was moved to tears. She passed away in 1999, a few months before the school named in her honor was completed and opened.

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