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This photo appeared in the November 9, 1898 The Stillwater Gazette (weekly), part of the "Our County Public Schools Series" column (see this issue for a detailed history of the school district up to that time).
If you have photos of this school (including an original print of the above photo), or if you have memories of Hay Lake School to share, contact us.
| District formed | 1857 |
| Years schools built | 1866 (held in private homes and structures before that), 1896 (pictured above) |
| General location | South of Scandia. |
| Modern address | County Road 3 and Old Marine Trail |
| District boundaries | "What is now (1899) district No. 2, was in the early [18]50's a part of Marine district; being separated from Marine in the year 1857." "During this period (1866-1896) of thirty years district No. 2 lost territory to districts 50, 57, 61, 38 and 67." |
| Disposition | Closed in 1963; now WCHS museum |
| Notes | The first country brick schoolhouse. |
Known Teachers
| Dates | Name | Salary Per Year |
| 1855-1856: | C. P. Agrelius | |
| 1857-1858: | Sally Johnson | |
| 1858-1859: | Mary Watson | |
| 1860-1861: | Nellie Hawkinson | |
| Jennie Meredith | ||
| Candace Welshons | ||
| ? Maxwell | ||
| ? Lynch | ||
| ? Young | ||
| Lewis Lammers | ||
| A. J. Holm | ||
| Andrew Falk | ||
| 1887-1888: | Nancy Weberg | $300 |
| 1894-1897: | Routina Leander | |
| 1898-1899: | Amos H. Hill | |
| 1903-1904: | Ethel Bergman | |
| 1904-1905: | Margaret Costello | |
| 1906-1907: | E. Alice Welander | |
| 1909-1910: | Seraphia Peterson | |
| 1910-1911: | Ruby Magny | |
| 1914-1916: | Ruby (Magny) Swenson | |
| 1916-1917: | Esther Johnson | |
| 1917-1918: | Florence Granquist | |
| 1918-1921: | Ruby (Magny) Swenson | |
| 1921-1924: | Esther Boraas | |
| 1924-1926: | Ruth Ekblad | $880 |
| 1926-1929: | Myrna Booren | $985-$990 |
| 1929-1931: | Luella Nelson | $990 |
| 1931-1932: | Helen Johnson | $945 |
| 1932-1937: | Lillian Johnson | $644-$720 |
| 1937-1938: | Florence Lagerstrom | $810 |
| 1938-1941: | Margaret Carlson | $855 |
| 1941-1942: | Virgie Rosenquist | $810 |
| 1942-1943: | Verna Malcolm | $810 |
| Sept.-Oct. 1943: | Florence Lagerstrom | |
| Nov. 1943-1944: | Mildred Church | $1350 |
| 1944-1945: | E. C. Thompson | $1440 |
| 1946-1946: | Aurelia Lindell | $1800 |
| 1946-1955: | Marjorie Holt | $1800-$2475 |
| 1955-1957: | Myrna Booren | |
| 1958-1961: | Virginia Piehl | |
| 1961-1963: | ? Mascot |