Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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Superintendents of the Burt Public Schools , 1892 - 1952 In 1891 the people of the young community of Burt organized a graded school. Firty-one ye-rs have passed since that first school was opened -nd the Burt scho.ls have grown in size end in the complexity of organ- ization, During this period a total of twenty different men have been in charge either as principal or superintendent. The names of these men and the years of service are: ar £ ding Superintend. 1892 Seifert 1893 Seifert 1894 Conner 1898 Conner 1896 Conner 1897 Van 3 rdewy] 1898 Johnson 1899 Johnson 1900 Lumbar 1901 Lumbar 1902 Glassburn 1903 Glassburn 1904 Murray 1908 Murray 1906 Lumbar 1907 Csmundson 1908 Osmundson 1909 Mangan Conley 1910 G-rossman 1911 Cowan 1912 Cowan 1913 Lang 1914 ' Connor 1915 0'Connor 1916 Met chum 1917 Ketchum 1918 Brown 1919 Draper 1920 Draper 1921 Gardner 1922 Gardner 1923 Gardner 1924 Gardner 1925 Gardner 1926 Peters 1927 Peters 1928 Weir 1929 Weir 1930 Weir 1931 Weir 1932 Weir Of these twenty superintendents two served for a period of five years, one served for three years, eleven served for two years, and six served one year or less. In the school year of 1905-'06 Mr. Murray resigned and Mr. Lumbar was called bach to complete the year. In the school year of 1908-'09 Mr. Mangan resigned and’Mr. Conley was employed 10 1 i.nish th» year. Average tenure of 3urt superintendents is two years - 8 - m