- Date
- 1955-10
- Kind
- Election
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationgovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1955 Beaver Beacon reports that a Peaine Township special election favored consolidation with the St. James School District by 16 votes to 1. It then says the two boards met, Peaine transferred its records and assets, and the combined district would be known as Beaver Isle Community School District.
Evidence and limits
The report supplies neither the election date nor the official returns or legal instrument. Its mention of architects and a new-school site is retained as an expected next step, not as evidence of completed construction or uninterrupted legal continuity with the modern school district.
Sources
- Reports a Peaine Township vote of 16–1 for consolidation with St. James School District, a subsequent records-and-assets transfer, the name Beaver Isle Community School District, and an expected architectural review. It does not provide the election date, official returns, legal instrument, district records, building plans, or proof that the later school was legally continuous with the current district. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1955-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published consolidation report; it does not expand the legal or architectural record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1955-10_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine school district votes to consolidate with St. James, 1955”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-district-consolidation-1955/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1955, “Special Election” and school-district report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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