Annual Fund Progress
$750,000 over 3 years
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This timeline highlights key years in the school’s history that relate to the various aspects of the Roots & Wings Campaign. Events are categorized by “School” for things affecting the school overall, “Farm” for events that impacted the farm program, “Capital” for milestone associated with the capital projects of the campaign, and “Focus” for the elements that speak to the Focus program’s deep history of Arts & Craftsmanship, Sustainable Agriculture, and Peace & Social Transformation at Scattergood. Page numbers listed refer to information derived from the centennial history book Scattergood Friends School 1890-1990.
Hickory Grove Quarterly Meeting and the ownership of Scattergood Friends School transfer from Ohio Yearly Meeting to Iowa Yearly Meeting.
SchoolThe first European refugees arrive on campus for the Scattergood Hostel.
SchoolHickory Grove and West Branch Monthly Meetings purchase the 80-acre Madsen farm in case the school were to reopen.
FarmThe Scattergood Hostel closes following a disagreement with local residents about the Hostel continuing its mission by hosting formerly interned Japanese-Americans.
SchoolThe main campus water well is drilled. "One of my first ventures was to solicit from [Weaver Witwer] a wholesale grocer in Cedar Rapids. He had given fifty dollars toward the initial $10,000…I said that whatever it cost was what we needed, because we needed a well. So he agreed to see that we got a well…However, we had unique problems with drilling and I'm sure he paid well over $5,000. (Letter to Bob Berquist 1986, Scattergood Friends School 1890-1990 pg 87)
CapitalConstruction begins on the Art Building. Faculty, students, and f/Friends--under the supervision of teacher Francis Henderson--excavate and pour the foundation by hand. (pg 328)
FocusEiner Paulsen lays the cornerstone of the Art Building and teaches students block-laying to varying degrees of success.
FocusThe West Dorm is completed for $63,500.
CapitalSchool Committee members and other volunteers raise the Art Building's rafters. The bell tower is finished and the Stavanger Bell--donated by former students of Stavanger Friends School--is installed. The Art Building is completed. (pg 329)
FocusThe 64-acre Coppock farm south of the cemetery is purchased. (pg 218)
FarmConstruction of the Main Building is completed for $206,000 (only $6,000 over the initial budget). Boiler is placed in the Main, which still functions to this day.
CapitalConstruction of I-80 is completed.
SchoolLeanore successfully lobbies the Iowa State Legislature to pass Senate File 695, providing an alternative path to state accreditation.
SchoolThe farm shifts from being responsible for covering the school's food budget to being primarily a school educational facility. (pg 338-339)
FocusAlice (Michener) Schaefer and students plant wild seeds and seedlings and six different varieties of grasses to begin establishing the prairie.
FocusDoug Michener teaches a life skills curriculum to freshman that touches on mechanics, small engine repair, nutrition, safety and first aid, construction, farming, gardening, and food preservation (pg 224)
FocusThe two-story barn burns down, taking "the grinder-mixer and a substantial amount of feed, a cow and three sheep, and the year's supply of straw" with it. (pg 225)
FarmA heavily insulated hip roof, energy-efficient windows, carpet, new shower fixtures, new beds, and new exterior siding are added to the West Dorm (pg 331)
CapitalA heavily insulated hip roof is added to the main building to make it more energy efficient and more comfortable during times of extreme temperature (Letter from Leanore Goodenow to Bob Berquist 1986, Scattergood Friends School pg 87)
CapitalManagement of the garden, orchard, and farm consolidate under one staff position. (pg 226)
FarmUnder Belle Hinshaw the farm switches from row crops to growing organic produce for the school
FarmA gender inclusive housing policy is implemented after community discussions on the topic.
CapitalCampus connects to solar power, covering 99% of electricity usage.
Capital