Allanville School District # 4078
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The school was named after the community. The first teacher was C.K. Smith. The names of other teachers are unavailable. Members of the first school board were Ross Jackson, Donald Finnie, Henry Herrington, and Norman Jackson.
Some interesting facts are that in 1919 a teacher’s salary was $1100.00 per year. In 1931 the teacher’s salary was $500.00 per year. There were more than one hundred seventy applications for the position in 1931.
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From “From Forest to Farmland”. Sylvania Historical Society, 1984
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