Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

After 64 years of providing space for educating area young people, the 1936 portion of the Mount Ayr Community elementary school is being knocked down this week, marking the end of an educational era and taking many school memories with it. Different eras of school buildings were illustrated in this picture, with the rock recognizing the 1915 building torn down when the facilities were built in 1980 in the foreground, the 1936 building coming down and a corner of the new 2010 building addition to the elementary showing.

Demolition of the 1936 building at the Mount Ayr Community elementary school progressed this week, with the building almost completely down when this picture was taken Monday night [March 29, 2010]. Once the building is completely down, the hole will be filled and the area prepared for parking and grass areas. The new view of the elementary school is beginning to be visible now. The old building served the district for 73 years.

Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 1, 2010

  Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2010; updated June of 2010