About Our School
History of Prairie View Elementary
History of Prairie View Elementary![]()
History of Prairie View Elementary
- 1840- First school in North Prairie, held in the loft of a home.
- 1843- $150 raised to build school on current site.
- 1909- Sixty-eight students in eight grades became the first school community.
- 1911- Second room added. Each heated with its own stove.
- 1916- A basement was dug beneath school and a furnace was added.
- 1929- Electricity installed.
- 1929- PTA formed.
- 1930- Money borrowed and red brick building built. Total cost: $19,758.61.
- 1931- One acre of land purchased to enlarge the playground. Music program begun with teachers from Carroll University.
- 1933- Weekly Reader introduced.
- 1944- Teacher's salaries were $1,575 per year.
- 1952- First telephone installed.
- 1953- First Hot Lunch Program begun.
- 1954- Two more classrooms added to make a four room school. Steps and sidewalk installed partway down the hill by the Lion's Club.
- 1955- First movie projector purchased for the school.
- 1957- School busses first used.
- 1959- Gym, stage and six classrooms added. First fulltime principal hired.
- 1966- Kindergarten added during spring semester.
- 1968- South addition to the school built. Fulltime librarian hired.
- 1988-1989- Major renovation to building, students attend classes at different sites throughout the district during construction. Enlarged enough to accommodate 3 sections per grade level.
- 2001- Computer lab updated. Thirty stations for students to utilize.
- 2012- Building renovation over the summer.
- 2019- Building renovation to include a secure entrance and vestibule.
