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Administrative Records

Explore school board minutes, policies, registers, ledgers, and other records documenting the work of local schools from the late 1800s through recent years.

Members of the Maroa school board in 1954
Maroa school board, 1954

What is preserved

Records of school life and leadership

The collection includes records created by district schools as well as surviving materials from rural schools that served the area before consolidation. Holdings vary by school and year.

School Board Minutes & Policies

Minutes, proceedings, and policy materials documenting school governance.

  • Center Ridge School: 1892–1902
  • Harmony School: 1893–1895
  • Maroa School and Maroa Grade School: 1907–1941
  • Maroa High School: 1920–1940
  • Maroa and Maroa-Forsyth School District: November 1947–February 2019, with some missing months
  • Digital board minutes: 2018–2019 school year through 2025
  • Board policy manuals: 1996–1997 and 2012
Board-minute access

Because closed-session minutes may be filed with regular meeting records, requests to view board minutes require review and approval by the School Archivist or District Unit Office.

Registers, Ledgers & Expense Books

Selected records offering a closer look at students and daily school operations.

  • Maroa School student transcript ledgers: 1903–1942
  • Pleasant View daily classification and school record: 1923–1929
  • Maroa Grade School lunch and textbook expense book: 1974–1987
  • Attendance and grade registers: various schools and years
Student-record access

To protect student privacy, access to attendance, grade, and transcript records is limited to materials dated before 1949.

Yearly Files

A chronological record of school life from the late 1800s through the present.

These vertical files contain donated and collected materials associated with individual school years, including graduation announcements, playbills, photographs, newspaper clippings, athletic programs, and other records of school activities.

Detailed collection guides

Collection finding aids

View complete contents lists, date ranges, arrangement notes, and access information for these administrative collections.

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These lists are an overview, not a complete catalog. Ask the archivist about a school, record type, or year.

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