School District History
"There were twenty one-room rural schools (Ackley, Adams, Arrow Lodge, Bakers Corner, Baker, Bell, Black Oak, Carver, Centerville, Fund, German Settlement, Little Prairie, Nipe, Quarterline, Stewart, Stone, Troy Center, Troy Lakes, Troy, Wright) in the East Troy region, which were established approximately four miles apart. This was planned so that no child would have to walk more than two miles to attend school.
Many of the schools were not closed until the early Fifties. In 1952, the East Troy districts consolidated into the East Troy Reorganized District, now known as the East Troy Community Schools. The acquisition of school buses made it more convenient and economical for the rural children to be transported to one large school in the Village of East Troy than for the districts to support many small schools.
Resource: Good Ol' Fashioned School Days - East Troy Area Historical Society
In 2010, Chester Byrnes Elementary School closed. Grades 4K and 5K moved to Leona Doubek Elementary School and the 2nd Grade moved to Prairie View Elementary School. In 2017, when Little Prairie Primary School was built, Leona Doubek Elementary School was closed to students and remodeled for the district office personnel.
The district offices are now housed in what is referred to as the Leona Doubek building.
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