Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 11

From "Snapshots of History" by Mike Avitt:

"When rural schoolhouses were first built in Ringgold County, they were built where the need was the greatest. But eventually districts were formed and education became organized. It was decided to place a rural school every two miles so a pupil would never have to walk more than a mile to school. My notes say [July 1890. . . ] is the time frame when the schools were placed about every two miles. . ."

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 28, 1940

NORTH MIDDLE FORK - Mrs. Bessie WALTERS and Mrs. C. L. NICHOLS acted as judges at the reading contest held Friday afternoon at Sand Point School. Patty HUMPHREYS won first place.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015

SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007

AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.

Compilation by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015