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District No. 40, Lynch School exterior, ca. 1952.
District No. 40, Lynch School class, ca. 1903.
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| District formed | 1864 |
| Years schools built | 1865, 1869 |
| General location | Southwestern part of May |
| Modern address | Located at Lynch Rd. near Manning Ave. |
| District boundaries | The School Lakes marked the western edge, while the eastern edge was just east of Manning. The district spanned about two miles north and two miles south of Lynch Lake. |
| Disposition | Now razed. |
| Notes | *The school was featured
in a film called "Youth of a Nation" 1864: The district is established and school opens in the spring of 1865 with 25 students. 1869: The school mysteriously burns, and another is built the same year. 1938: School repaired. *School was for 8 months. *Enrollment in 1898 was 25. |
| Memories: | "My mother put her size 4 1/2 foot down and said if anyone had to ask the school board it had to be me and she would take me to see them…They decided I could attend… My father would take me in the morning and I would ride home with the teacher when she finished at night. I loved every day of it and was up in the mornings before my parents so I would be ready to go." -Anita Stepan, who went before the board to ask to attend school even though she was only 5. |
Known Teachers:
1865: Kate Malloy |
| Other teachers: (before 1898): Fraces Gowan, Nellie Hanley, Louis C. Liljegren, C.E. Roe, Nellie T. Clifford, Maudie Downs, Edith Griffin, Cecilia Scully. |