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         The School District was organized in the depot, on the evening of June 30, 1856. Erastus B. Bills was appointed to petition the School Fund Commissioner to locate the boundaries of the School District of Township 79, Sections 35, 36, and the south half of 25 and 26. December 19, 1856, Joseph K. Snyder, School Fund Commissioner, formed this territory into School District No. 2, and authorized a meeting January 3, 1857, to elect officers. This was held in the depot and the following officers elected: President, E. B. Bills; Secretary, W. W. Clark; Treasurer, H. S. Downes. The new school laws were adopted, and the following were the first Trustees elected: Lewis Knowles, E. B. Bills and John S. Whittlesey. In 1857, a tax of 1 ½ mills was voted to build a school house. During the Winter of 1857, school was taught in a room of the hotel by Lafayette Parker, at $3.00 per month. January 11, 1858, it was voted to build a school house, not to exceed $800 in cost. Cook & Sargent gave the fractional block north of the west public square, and a school house, 26x32 feet in size, was built thereon in the Spring of 1858. $500 was borrowed for this purpose of H. L. Bullen, and subsequently repaid. A new school house was built in 1869, at a cost of $3,500, of which $2,850 was raised by issuing bonds, all of which have since been canceled. The building is of two stories, 36x60 feet in size, having a library, recitation room and large hall above. The teachers at present are R. J. Young, Principal; Miss Jessie Frater, Assistant.