Bear Lake County Faces School Consolidation Debate
Mont residents urge Bear Lake School consolidation to join Fielding and Bear Lake High Schools. After multiple failed votes, citizens argue for a single county district to ensure high school access, with Stucki from Paris explaining how the proposal arose and town opinions mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont
Bear Lake
Bear
May
Pd Out
Vatitude de Stucki
Choopoard
Paris
Fielding
Bear P
Fielding High Y
Keris
Caribou County
Bear Lakely
Consolidation Debate Sparks Strong Local Feelings
An editorial endorses consolidating Montpelier and Fielding High Schools in 1967 and urges communities Bear Lake and Caribou counties to back moving students to Bear Lake High School. The piece notes widespread favorable student views and cites parental and community fear and hostility among reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Munk
Montpelier High School
Bear Lake County
China
Ovid
Montpelier
Fielding
MHS
Bear Lake High School
Susie
Paris
Edward
Gregg Miller
KVSI
Keith Martindale
Gregg
Nancy Hulme
Bear Lake
Berlin
Dingle
Doman
Craig Ipsen
John Birch Society of Alcoholics Anonymous
Randy Gregersen
Bruce Jensen
Paul Nielson
Preston Indians
Yack
BLHS
Jolene Rich
Kent Williamson
BLES
East Bear Lake
West Bear Lake
PTA
Newcomers In Our Midst Amid Bear Lake Consolidation
The Pippitt and Hambleton families relocate to Soda Springs and Bear Lake area, bringing engineers, teachers, and two to four children. They join local communities, attend churches, and participate in activities as Bear Lake and Montpelier merge schools, ending old rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou County
Soda Springs
Bancroft and
Grace
Ray Poppi
Gagon Dr
Mr Pippitt
Wes Pippitt
Pippitts
Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Equipment Co
Monsanto
Bryan
Bryce
Pippitt
Galesburg
Ill
University of Illinois
CE. Hambleton
Alvin
Teads
Hambleton
Chovalate Bayou
Alonsanto Co
Kansas
el Dorado
Texas
University of Arkansas
Texarkana
Judi
ISU
Earl
Soda Springs High
Ham
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Mr. and
Mrs
Roy Walton
Shron Vallentine
Bear Lake Bruin
By McFeathers
Argyle
R Presbyterian
Bleton
Houston
Hillcrest Village
Toastmasters
Baptist Church
Dale Viehweg
W. A. Mellrath
Bountiful
Shelley Mellrath
Salt Lake City
Ann Barker
Janice Sommers
Dawna Dunn
Golda Giles
Gerry Bennion
Kent
Iris Lott
Hazel Beddingfield
Linda Anderson
Marlene Gorton
Jerry Paul
Harold Balls
Alks
Tan Also
IRA
Sum
Soda Springs, Idaho
Janet Mumford
Superintendent of Water and Electricity
Utah Power & Light Co
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