The Fairview School in Plains District was located on the east side of the Mountain Road (Route 620 ) a short distance north of the Mountain Valley Church. The land for the Fairview School was deeded to the Plains District School Board on August 21, 1877 and a one-room school was built. About 1903, the school was remodeled and a second room was added. Early teachers known to have taught at the Fairview School were Fannie R. Stanley (1881-82), S. Fannie Speck (1882-83, 1883-84) , T. A. Winfield (1884-85), and J. B. Sheffer (1901-02). The Fairview School served the community until 1951 when it was closed and the students transported to the Tenth Legion school. The school population did not always justify a second teacher so, for some years, the school was reduced to a one-teacher school. Teachers known to have taught at the Fairview school were:

1903-05 (two sessions) Charles O'Neill, Effie Koontz
1906-07 C. Oscar Armentrout
1907-08 Atha M. Spitzer
1908-09 C. Oscar Armentrout, V. L. Phillips
1909-10 C. Oscar Armentrout, Gladys Lewin
1910-11 C. Oscar Armentrout, Grace Harper
1911-12 W. J. Whetzel, Anne S. Wenger
1912-13 J. H. Floyd, Nora Spitzer
1913-14 Verdie Smith
1914-15 A. E. Templeman, Frances Compton
1915-16 Sidney L. Brown, Anita W. Koontz
1916-17 Sidney L. Brown, Minnie Pugh
1917-18 Nellie Mercer, Vada Mercer
1918-19 Nellie Mercer
1919-21 (two sessions) William F. Marshall, Ruby Martz
1921-22 Ruby Martz, Ruth S. Miller
1922-23 Mary Faris, Ruth S. Miller
1923-24 Ruth S. Miller
1924-25 Florenda Salyards, Treva Hillyard
1925-26 Treva Crider, John Wagner
1926-27 Isaac Hillyard, Treva Crider
1927-28 Bertha Spitzer
1928-29 Bertha Spitzer, Nora Neff
1929-30 Bertha Spitzer, Edith Branner
1930-31 Franklin C. Senger, Edith Branner
1931-32 John Wagner
1932-34 (two sessions) John Wagner, Lillian A. Yancey
1934-36 (two sessions) Jacob S. Huffman, Lillian A. Yancey
1936-37 Anna Lee Tutwiler, Lillian A. Yancey
1937-42 (five sessions) Anna Lee Tutwiler, Mildred Brock
1942-44 (two sessions) Catherine Holsinger, Marian Lehman
1944-45 Catherine Holsinger, Kathleen Lehman
1945-46 Dorothy Long
1946-47 E. Cameron Miller
1947-48 Margaret Marshall Thompson
1948-51 (three sessions) Sem W. Swope

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