In days gone by, before Milwaukee Public Schools undertook the busing of its students to promote racial integration, just about everybody in Bay View went to Bay View High School.
Today, the school has students from all over town, and so for area old-timers, it's lost its identity with their neighborhood.
"People who fondly remember Bay View High School have been in mourning that their school no longer exists," says Kathy Mulvey, president of the Bay View Historical Society.
That's why she is so enthusiastic about a special course at the high school, created by staff from Discovery World science museum - a program that has four students this weekend collecting stories and artifacts from old Bay View at the Beulah Brinton House, the historical society's headquarters.
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