- School History
- Renovation
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Indiana State Legislature, in the late 1950's and very early 1960's, made it
possible for the consolidation of smaller schools thereby enabling the possibility
of better education for the students. The Fountain County Circuit Judge appointed
a Committee to make a study and recommendations for the schools of Fountain
County. Hearings were held and it was decided to have three district schools,
abolishing the concept of a County Superintendent with principals at each school
and being hired and regulated by the local elected Township Trustees. One district
was to continue at Attica with the students from the northern part of the county
to attend there. Another district from the western part of the county was to
be schooled in the Covington area. The third district was to be made up of five
townships in the central, eastern and southern parts of the county. There were
school board elections and the first official board of meeting of SEFCO was
in January, 1962. The local schools were to continue in their present capacity
until such a time that a new school could be built. A holding corporation was
selected to finance the building of a new junior-senior high school. A cumulative
building fund was established and architects were hired.
Petitions were carried to school patrons for signing, thereby permitting the
building of the new school. In 1963, land was purchased (80 acres) as near as
possible to the geographic center of the five township area; this being north
of Highway 136 about a mile east of Highway 41. There was some student exchanging
among the schools for a time. A ground breaking ceremony was held August 2,
1964, with the new facility being opened in the fall of 1965, complete with
cafetorium and gymnasium. The upper six grades attended this new Fountain Central
with grade schools being retained in Veedersburg, Newtown and Kingman. Athletic
fields and workshop buildings were added at later dates.
In October, 1969, architects were hired for a new elementary school. Bids
were let October, 1970, for the building to be located northeast of the high
school. In the fall of 1972, the new grade school was opened with the abandonment
of the local grade school buildings. In November, 1975, it was decided to
build a swimming pool and physical education facility to be attached to the
high school. This was constructed in 1976-1977. In March, 1977, bids were
accepted for a new administrative office and this was built on the school
grounds during the same year.
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Southeast Fountain Elementary Gets Renovated! (2005) |
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| SEFE was first built with "open" classrooms (there were no walls dividing
the classrooms in each grade level). In 2005 starting with the 6th grade,
each grade level was remodeled with walls, lockers, and more storage space! |
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