The Oakland View school was located in Ashby district a few miles south of Dale Enterprise at Coakleytown. The Oakland View school was built about 1912 as a one-room school. In 1914, land was deeded to the Ashby District school trustees by P. J. Heatwole for a new one-room brick school. This new school was first opened during the 1914-15 school session. An additional room was built at the school in 1925 by I. R. Showalter at a cost of $1365. The school continued as a two-teacher school through the 1942-43 school session when it became a one-teacher school until it was closed in 1951. Teachers known to have taught at Oakland View are:
1911-12 Sallie M. Bell
1912-13 Byrd O. Thacker
1913-14 Tillie Richards
1914-15 Ruth Wenger, Ruth Funkhouser
1915-16 Odeo Swecker, Effie Showalter
1916-18 (two sessions) Byrd O. Thacker, Stella V. Wine
1918-21 (three sessions) Nellie F. Coffman, Stella V. Wine
1921-22 Winnie Heatwole, Beulah Landis
1922-23 Floyd Clark, Beulah Landis
1923-24 Anna Mae Holsinger, Effie Showalter
1924-26 (two sessions) R. R. Kerns, Effie Showalter
1926-27 R. R. Kerns, Pauline Brown
1927-28 Hazel Simmers, Pauline Brown
1928-30 (two sessions) Hazel Moore, Norma Hollen
1930-33 (three sessions) Alvan Kerns, Norma Hollen
1933-35 (two sessions) Alvan Kerns, Elsie A. Martin
1935-38 (three sessions) Gail Trissell, Vada P. Heatwole
1938-40 (two sessions) Alvan Kerns, Reba E. Hartman
1940-41 Alvan Kerns, Vada P. Heatwole
1941-43 (two sessions) Alvan Kerns, Frances E. Pence
1943-51 (eight sessions) Alice M. Keeler
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