 The four @-@ story building cost $ 400 @,@ 000 ( approximately $ 5 million present @-@ day ) and contained a gymnasium with seating for 300 , an 833 @-@ seat auditorium , and 27 classrooms . Later that year , in August , the Kent School Board adopted a resolution to name the building after former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt . The first classes were held in the building September 6 , 1922 and it was dedicated September 22 . By then , the high school enrollment had grown to approximately 400 students . In the late 1930s , a separate annex was built behind the building to house industrial arts classes . The North Prospect Street building served as the high school until 1959 , when Roosevelt was relocated to a new building and campus along North Mantua Street in northern Kent . The building on North Prospect street was rededicated in 1959 as Davey Junior High School after the local Davey family and served as the junior high school for grades 7 – 9 . It was later renamed Davey Middle School and housed grades 6 – 8 . At the conclusion of the 1998 – 1999 school year , the building was closed for an extensive renovation , and reopened in 2000 as Davey Elementary School . 
