>>> A FORMER SCHOOL IS HOME TO FAMILIES LIVING IN AURORA. THE THIRD SHUTTERED SCHOOL IN THE CITY TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HOUSING. WE HAVE A FORMER TEACHER'S REACTION TO HIS CLASSROOM BEING TURNED INTO AN APARTMENT. >> THIS IS WHERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN . ON THE BOARD, RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: JAMES TAUGHT IN THIS SPOT FROM 1979 UNTIL 1998. >> AND THAT OF COURSE, THAT APARTMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY CLASSROOM. >> HIS LARGE CLASSROOM HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO AN APARTMENT. AND A TRASH CHUTE. >> I HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. MY CLASSROOM WAS CALLED THE TRASH ROOM. >> COUNTLESS MEMORIES TOOK PLACE INSIDE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT SERVED THE DISTRICT FOR 117 YEARS. >> IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1891 AT THAT TIME, THE SCHOOLS WERE GROWING SO RAPIDLY THAT IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A MODERN GYMNASIUM. >> IT WAS SHUT DOWN 15 YEARS NOW THE 39,000 FT.÷ BUILDING HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO NEW 14 APARTMENT UNITS. >> WE FELT THAT THE SCHOOL WAS SERVING NOT JUST , YOU KNOW, IT SERVED THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> Reporter: THE SCHOOL CLOSED IN 2008 AND REMAINED VACANT UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE APARTMENTS BEGAN. FOX VALLEY APARTMENTS INAUGURATED THE OPENING OF THE NEW APARTMENT WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. ON THE SAME CAMPUS ADJACENT TO THE FORMER SCHOOL, THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TWO-STORY 28,000 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING HAS 22 NEW APARTMENT UNITS. RACHEL FLOREZ MOVED INTO THE BUILDING ON MAY 20. >> IT MEANS A LOT THAT THERE'S THINGS OUT THERE TO HELP PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP. >>