Valley Schools

Logansville School

 

Taken from the minutes of the school board meeting in 1870:

 

Logansville Borough School District organized the 1st Monday in June 1870.
Board members: Henry Wirth, Levi Conser, William Moyer, John Reighard, Michael Karstetter, Isaac C.Smith
Henry Wirth: President
Isaac C. Smith: Secretary
School tax levied 8 mills
H.Wirth, treas. Collector of school funds.

 

School Board meeting in Esq. Morris office Aug. 12, 1871.

Present: Wm. Moyer, Michael Karstetter, John Reighard, A.W. Berry, J.Smith, John Morris
Business:

1. Sec. authorized to get proposals for furnishing wood for public schools. The schools open Oct.16
2. Sec. authorized to advertise in papers for 2 teachers
3. Sec. appointed by board to give oral instructions ½ day each week in Primary School during winter term.

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From the Lock Haven Express ..... 1940

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Some interesting findings–Information obtained at the Ernie Geisewite sale about some of the history of the Sugar Grove/Bull Run School.  According to Ernie’s notes, the school was originally called the Schrack School and it burned in 1873.  A $50.00 reward was offered to find out who burned it.  In 1875, it was built near Jesse S. Schrack farm (near Henry Renninger’s) for a price of $445.00.  The lot was purchased from John Morris for $15.00.  In 1897, there was an extension added to the building.

On June 5, 1899, a one-half acre lot was secured from Nathaniel Schrack south of his house along the road leading to Brush Valley for $15.00.  A new school was built by the Kemmerer brothers for $470.00.  In 1901, the old school house was sold to E.M. DeLong for $10.00 and the lot for $5.00.  In 1906, the bell and belfry were donated by the citizens.

Some Teachers and their wages (believed to be yearly wages) noted in Ernie’s papers were:      1874 - Joel B. Overdorf $35.00

1875 - Joseph I. Beatlie 28.00

1876 - Lawrence Leitzel 25.00

1877 - Wm. H. Rowe 22.00

1878 - W.H. Beck 22.00

1879 - L.H. Leitzel 22.00

1896 - J.H. DeLong

1897 - Ida Winters

1898 - J.C. Stamm

1899 - John Smith

1900 - J.C.Frank

1901 - J.C. Frank

1902 - Irvin R. Dunlap (resigned), F.P. Farwell,(resigned), and Wm. Clark (discharged), C.S. Grenninger

1903 - Daniel Tyson

1904 - P.P. Grenninger

1905 - Newton Bartges

1906 - Catherine Boone

Note: (it seems 1902 was a rough year for teachers)

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Sugar Valley Schools that closed between 1941 and 2012:

 

Greene Township:

Sheats 1952

Rock Grove, Franklin, First Womeldorf, Sugar Grove 1955

 

Logan Township:

Booneville 1943

Greenburr, Tylersville Grammar and Primary 1955

 

Loganton:

Loganton Grammar and Primary 1955

Sugar Valley High School 1996

Sugar Valley Elementary 2012

Sugar Grove/Bull Run School ~ Built 1899 ~ Closed 1955

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June 2012 ~ A sad day for our valley.......

 

News release:  It was voted on at the May 2012 meeting of the Keystone Central School Board to close the Sugar Valley Elementary School.  This has saddened our valley greatly.  The school has always been a hub of our community.  Sugar Valley school was small, but held a reputation of producing above average students and an extremely fine band!  Many of you will recall happy times and good memories of walking the halls of the old SV High and elementary and closing the school is a great loss to the community. 

There is a charter school in Loganton.  It is the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School and is a tuition free/public school for students K-12 and there are over 400 students enrolled there now. It was started by the Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens when the school district closed the Sugar Valley High School (1996).  The Charter School was opened in 2000.  The Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens (sugarvalleyconcernedcitizens.org) own the buildings and property at 236 E. Main St and lease it to the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School.

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In March 2016, the Sugar Valley School in Loganton that was built in 1910

came down after many years of neglect.

Bricks off ... exposing the wooden underlay.

Many of the bricks from inside around the old flue were stamped " Watsontown "
~ there was a large brick yard in the early 1900's.

Dedicated to the preservation of historical significance of Sugar Valley and the central Pennsylvania area.