School: Colby High School (Site Selection - 1954)
Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 9/30/2015
First published in the Abbotsford Tribune, September 30, 1954
At a special meeting of the Colby Union Free High School district, the
Pernsteiner farm, just north of the city limits of Colby, was selected as the
site for the new high school building.
The next move toward the erection of the building will be a special meeting to
vote on the bond issue.
The Pernsteiner farm consists of 80 acres of land. A written agreement was
obtained prior to the meeting committing the owner to the sale of the property
for school purposes at a price of about $17,000.
It is planned that the first unit of the new building, costing about $250,000,
would be used for “special services” - a gymnasium and facilities for an
agriculture shop, industrial arts, science and home economics. Both school
buildings would be used until it is possible to house the entire school system
in one building.
The district is unable to proceed with construction of a complete new school
building because the present borrowing power of the district is limited to
$300,000.
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