CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
 

Note: The two-room consolidated school was built in 1956 at the corner of the Cooper and Arm Roads and the one room schools in Districts numbers 1, 2 and 3 were closed. Thus we record the demise of the one room school in Alexander for twenty years.

March 1, 1954: Hand written in the front of this Annual Report: “To see what action if any the Town will vote to take in Regards to keeping one of the Old School Buildings for a town office Building. Also what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repair of said building.”

March 4, 1955: Article 39: “To see if the Town will vote to elect a School Building Committee whose function will be to investigate and report to the town on the possibility of building a school. Said committee to consist one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Superintending School Committee and three other members chosen at large.”

March 5, 1956: Superintendent Carroll McGary’s report included, “In all probability the question of whether the town will build a new school or not will have been settled before this report reaches you. Regardless…. The money needed to run the schools next year will be the same. The following indicates that the committee had decided to build a new school.

Washington County (deeds) - $2.00 and John Adams (plans) - $25.00

March 5, 1957: Article 32: “To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2134.76 to be paid to the Maine School Building authority pursuant to the provisions of the lease agreement dated February 1, 1956. Article 33: “To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1300.00 to pay the remaining bills due on the new building.”

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