Haigler School

Haigler School Built in 1887

The first school in Haigler was a private one financed by J. R. Porter, Harry Dunlap and Mr. Perkins for their own children and the other young people in the community.  The first school district was formed in 1886.  The teacher was Miss Agnes Allen.  They met in a store building until the next year when a 2 story wooden frame building was built in the southwest corner of town about two blocks west of the standpipe.  This building was used until 1914 when a new brick building was erected.   The frame building misteriously burned down in1931. The New brick school was built in 1914.  According to Mrs. Lee Clegg who wrote an article for the 1976 Haigler Book, "At that time the basement was unfinished and there was no plumbing.  The bell was transferred from the old belfry and placed atop the new building, where it still summons students both reluctant and eager, to the halls of learning." The gymnasium was added in 1936 and later the space between the school and gym was filled with shower rooms and a lunchroom, the basement was finished and a new building added where there was a music room and shop.

Haigler School - About 1914

~References: 1 - p. 12, 2 - p.13, & 4