Frenchglen School District 16 is a school district headquartered in Frenchglen, Oregon. - Official website of Frenchglen School The district is entirely in Harney County. It has one K-8 school, Frenchglen Elementary School.
History The school began operations in 1927. An individual named Walt Riddle bought all of the school building bonds to make the existence of a school a certainty. In the 1980-1981 school year there were two students, until one moved away, meaning that towards the end of the school year the school had one student. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. That year, a single position was for superintendent and principal and teacher. - Editorial section. According to Thomas J. Walsh, a freelance journalist, someone told him that the enrollment was six in 1994, and this had increased to 11 in 1995. - Clippings of first page and second page and third page from Newspapers.com. Historically, the school housed teachers in the Frenchglen Hotel.
Culture A Christmas musical is held at the school each year; audiences come from around the county. A potluck accompanies the musical. In May 2007 the Frenchglen board of trustees ended a music program for financial reasons; this would impact the musical. Area parents created the Frenchglen Education Foundation to raise money to preserve music classes, which would in turn preserve the musical.
Feeder patterns High school students are assigned to Crane Union High School, in Crane, a part of Harney County Union High School District 1J. - Text list
References
External links Frenchglen School Frenchglen Elementary School - Harney Education Services District