History of the Inman Public School
Inman Public School
Inman, NE
The Inman Public School District is a little over 100 years old. The district began as a Class II, K-12 system. The following few paragraphs about School District #30 are taken directly from Sarah Micheal's book - FOOTPRINTS ON THE PRAIRIE.
"The first graduating exercises were held in 1894 in the Presbyterian Church, which was located north of the railroad tracks in Inman.
Blanche Rouse thinks the second and third graduating exercises were held in the Methodist church in Inman. The third graduating class had only three members, and the principal at that time was C.J. Malone.
In 1907, the schoolhouse was remodeled, and then it had four rooms, but only three rooms were used for a while. In 1911 the fourth room was used for a recitation room, and there were four teachers in the school. Then in about 1918 the South Valley School and the George Davis School consolidated with our District #30. The two country schoolhouses were moved to town, and we had more teachers added. On Jan. 1, 1935, the school house burned down, and the present structure was built. In 1911 we had basketball for the first time and the Inman team won the Holt County Championship".
All of the information prior to 1935 was lost in the fire which completely destroyed all records.The following information has been found by Charles Dziowgo, current school administrator.
During the Great Depression in 1935, The Federal Government helped construct the WPA (Work Projects Administration) building which was a two-story brick building. Grades Kndergarten through Twelve attended school in this building until 1963. In 1963, the high school was dissolved and the Inman District contracted their high school students to the Page School. This practice continued until the end of the 1966-67 school year at which time the Inman School became a Class 1 district serving students in grades k-8.
Don Cook was principal from 1963-65. Gary Devall was principal from 1965-77. Chuck Dziowgo took over as principal in 1977 and is still "holding down the fort" in the year 2003. Over the past 27 years, they have enjoyed the arrangement.
When Dziowgo came to Inman, the student population was between 85 to 94. For years enrollment has hovered around 75. This number has been gradually getting lower and lower as students grow up and move away leaving the community with senior citizens. The enrollment for the 2003-04 year started off at 25 students.
In 1978, the gym floor was replaced. The floor at that time was second-hand from the Page School. While at Inman, the floor suffered from dry rot and a lot of games had to be stopped so that a temporary piece of duct tape could be placed over a hole that was made by a rebounder. A maple floor was then installed. The Inman School was the first school in the area to have their school mascot, a tiger, painted on the center jump circle. During the summer of 1999, Inman received over 10 inches of rain in one week. The water came from under the ground and buckled the floor causing major havoc. The floor from 1978 had to be replaced. Initially the community undertook the task of removing the floor to hold down replacement costs. Later the insurance carrier decided to cover the damaged floor. This project began in Oct. and was finished in late February of 2000, by the firm of Swanson, Gentleman, Harte of Omaha, NE.
The wood floor in the gym looks as beautiful as the terrazzo floor throughout the rest of the building. The insurance carrier often refers to the Inman School as a fortress. Over the years, the lighting has been switched to fluorescent fixtures; windows have been replaced by more energy saving styles; and, the flat roof has had a gentle slope added to it for drainage.
The 2004-2005 faculty consists of Principal Dziowgo (28), Becky Kohtz (21) homeroom teacher 1-3, Cindy Sellers (25) homeroom teacher 7-8, Holly Keil (25) homeroom teacher 4-6,Art, PE, Becky Kohtz (21) kindergarten homeroom, Title 1, Music, and SPED, and Lisa Everett (15) teacher aide. Support Staff includes Jane Sholes (food manager), and Lisa Everett (custodian).
Many community minded people have served on the School Board throughout the years. Some served three years while others have served over 28 years. Current Board Members are Clifford Dick (President), Kathy Fick (Treasurer), and Ruth Tompkins (Secretary).
As part of the curriculum, the Inman School offers all regular elementary subjects (grades 4-8 departmentalized), Physical Education classes, Art classes, Music classes, Special Education, Title 1 Resource room, Federal Lunch program, computer labs, Internet connections with all rooms wired to a router, and a sports program offering volleyball, boy's basketball, girl's basketball, and Junior High track. The last few years have found Inman and Page combining students to offer teams in these sports.
In 1992, the Inman School District surveyed patrons and enabled them to affiliate their land for high school taxation purposes to the K-12 district of their choice. As a result, the Inman School District is affiliated with four area high school districts - O'Neill School, Orchard School, Ewing School, and Chambers School. This was done in an effort by the State to make property taxes more evenly distributed. Now the Inman School has their school budget go through the above school sysyems and it must be approved by the O'Neill District if we want to exceed the limit set by the NE Department of Education as more than 66% of the land is affiliated with the O'Neill District.
Our Mission Statement is "The Inman Public School will provide a nurturing environment where students shall be given the opportunity to learn to the best of their abilities". We hope we can continue educating children of the district for a few more years to come as we put out a pretty good product. Many of our graduates finish in the top ten percent of their high school graduating class and several have been Valedictorians and Salutatorians at their high school choice.
The Nebraska Legislature makes demands on schools at all times with the intent of closing the smaller districts. Thank goodness we are blessed with patrons and teachers who are committed to a quality education.
On June 15, 2006, The O'Neill Public School added Inman to their school district as a result of Legislative changes abolishing Class 1 schools in Nebraska. Inman became an Attendance Center of the O'Neill School District. Many changes have taken place at the school since then.
The Inman Public School website will be switched over to INMAN ATTENDANCE CENTER for future events and articles.
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