The main building of Orient-Macksburg Community School will be demolished in the upcoming months, according to the Adair County Free Press.
The school board and Orient City Council met in November to discuss the future of the school complex. For about $400,000, the 1921 building will be demolished and the engraved “Orient Consolidated School” lintel over the main entrance will be saved. You can see it below and at the top of my Substack story from the summer of 2024, when things didn’t quite go as planned for O-M.
Should the building be demolished in February as the ACFP article says, it will actually be gone before the district itself technically ceases to exist July 1.
During this school year, Green Hills AEA is using a different part of the campus for Rising Hope Academy, an elementary-level alternative schooling program, according to the Creston News-Advertiser.