“Center School (9) No. 69
This small district, consisting of about two and one-half sections, was organized in 1878 from territory detached from Districts No. 3 and No. 6. It was numbered 9 and later changed to 69. The name, Center, originated from location of this new school at the northwest corner of the N.E. 1/4 of Section 17 a point midway between the two schools involved in its origin. The enrollment was small most of the time leading to the neglect of both building and premises. In 1932, however, interested directors made improvements. Shortly afterward arguments arose and the school closed. The low valuation and the few pupils caused the pupils to be transported to Stanford. In 1946 Stanford Consolidated School absorbed Center School.”
- Excerpted from William Brigham’s 1951 The Story of McLean County and its Schools.
This collection contains 5 teacher’s registers.