Rural schools close doors ending era in Sumner area
The Sumner Community School District ends its 1958 59 year on May 28 marking the last day for 21 rural schools. From fall, area rural children will attend in town. Many schools date to the mid 1800s and earlier. Banks No 4 Linn School, established 1857, reflects the era. Adalyn Schnor teaches a wide age group with twenty students present.
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Sumner
Sumner Community
Banks No
Banks Township
Fayette County
Linn
Linn School
Adalyn Schnor
Voters approve re organization in Bremer area
Residents across 17 school districts voted in a special election to establish a Bremer county Community School District. The measure carried by a large margin, unanimously supported by participating districts, with 1161 voters in attendance. The newly reorganized district will take effect July 1 1957 and serves 1082 pupils across land in Bremer Fayette Chickasaw and Sumner centers.
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R. C. Gaard
Bremer County
Electric lighting installed at Sumner public school
Cloudy days will not hinder lighting of Sumner public schools as the board approves modern lighting in all rooms except the third floor. Seventeen rooms plus library drops receive 38 lights and 21 main-hall lights, with 14 rooms in junior and senior assemblies.
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Sumner Public Schools
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