The Simmers Valley school was a two-room brick school built during the 1904-05 school year. The school opened in January of 1905 with Mamie Summers as the first teacher. Even though the school was built with two rooms, Simmers Valley was a one-teacher school for most of its existence. The school was built to replace two one-room schools; New Hope at the southern end of Simmers Valley and Mt. Prospect on the northern end of Simmers Valley. Land for the Simmers Valley school was deeded to the Linville District School Board on August 26, 1904, with construction beginning early in the 1904-05 school session. The Simmers Valley school was closed in 1933. When the Linville-Edom High School Agriculture building was constructed in 1935, bricks and materials from the closed Simmers Valley school were used. Teachers known to have taught at Simmers Valley are:
1905-09 (four sessions) Mamie Summers
1909-13 (four sessions) Ora Scott
1913-15 (two sessions) T. H. Fansler, Anita Koontz
1915-16 Ruth L. Early, Lena L. Hulvey
1916-17 Effie Koontz, Anita Koontz
1917-18 Ira Long
1918-20 (two sessions) Linda Perkins
1920-21 Ernest A. Reid
1921-23 (two sessions) Florence Dawson
1923-24 Ica Lamb
1924-25 Ruth Hosaflook
1925-29 (four sessions) Robena E. Newman
1929-30 Ruby Sperau
1930-32 (two sessions) Carrie R. Simmers
1932-33 Annie E. Myers
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