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| District formed | Organized in 1856 as District 3, renumbered as district 24 in 1858 |
| Years schools built | 1857, 1876 |
| General location | Northern part of Afton. |
| Modern address | Highway 95 near Afton. |
| District boundaries | St. Croix River marks eastern edge, between Afton and St. Croix Beach. |
| Disposition | Converted to apartments |
| Notes | *Before 1857: Reverend S. Putnam taught in the kitchen of his house. *1857: First school house built for $500 (then became the home of Mauritz Schleint and family). *1876: A new school house was built for $1,400, out of brick (then became home of a Mr. Squires) *1893: St. Croix Academy purchased for Afton School (was a high school, then seminary before purchased by Afton School District). *Enrollment went from 29 to 18 in 1938. |
| Memories: | "With thirty students in all eight grades, I depended on the children helping each other. Nowadays we call it cooperative learning and think it's a new concept. Back then it was a practical way getting everything done!" -Marian Broecker Carlson |
Known Teachers:
| 1857: R. Buswell 1858: Rev. S. Putnam 1891-2: Miss Flynn 1897-8: Grant Dickinson (principal), Laura Wilklow 1921-2: Emma Nelson (principal) 1922-3: Emma Nelson (principal) 1938-9: Alice Peterson, Miss Harrison (substitute) 1939-40: Alice Peterson 1941-2: Marian Broecker Carlson 1942-3: Marian Broecker Carlson |
| Other teachers (before 1898): Miss Seely, Miss LaDuc, Lizzie Sullivan,
J.M. Shaw, Miss Rositer, C.S. Getchell, S.H. Paterson, (the rest are after
Rev. Putnam) Mr. Gordon, Lew Huntoon, Clare Bahe, Nels Pearson, Lizzie
Cooney, Veronica Flynn, May Person, Edith Weberg, Mary Olson, Miss Beebe,
Ethel Dick, Eliza Siebold, Mr. Hurd, June Nelson, Grant Dickinson, Lizzie
Olson, E.N. Swanson, Clarence Page. |