Rodney School Colfax Township Information

Rodney School - Old No. 9 was the 2nd school in Rodney. The school was an abandoned bunk house that was built for lumbermen. It was in continuous use for 70 years The School used a board fence to keep the children in and the cattle out. In 1960 the school consolidated with Mecosta. It was vacant for awhile and used as a school for the handicapped. During the night of 1965 the school burned and a new school was built on the site of the old one.

Teachers who taught in old No. 9 were: Blanche Bovay Cora Bovay Harry Bovay G. Brown Clifford Ford Ray Foster Basil Goldbold Mabel Hall Jessie Hart Isa Harter Mabel Johnston Florence Kennedy Jesssie Lynch Ella Manning Mrs. Nelson Mrs. Novak Anna Parker Lena Parker Allie Prevost Belle Sparks May Wade

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