The East Sac school district adjusted its building timeline after voting to close the Wall Lake school in February 2020. The old(er) school in Sac City, used as East Sac Middle School, had its closure delayed one year and will close this May. That comes from an IowaWatch story that also mentions Elma wants to turn its old school into a community center/library.
Wall Lake’s school either just has been or is soon to be partially demolished. The school district sold the building to the town last summer for $1 — and paid $178,300 for asbestos removal. The building’s interior was picked clean in September, as KCIM reported about public sales. The city of Wall Lake got an Iowa DNR Derelict Building Program grant to tear down the school, although in the May 24 City Council minutes it was mentioned that not all will be.
(Side note: Rake received a DNR grant for demolition of the gymnasium there. The roof fell in about five years ago, judging by aerial photos. The main school building is long gone.)
About a year ago, the Carroll Times Herald had a story about East Sac’s construction plans. Additions are being constructed at both the remaining Sac City school and the Lake View school, and grades will be divided K-6 and 7-12, respectively. That article says the middle school is open this year, because the projects aren’t expected to be done until this fall. The superintendent told the paper that a goal is to tear down the oldest (1920s) part of the Lake View complex later.
In February 2020, East Sac’s March newsletter was released, with lunch menus and notification that April 9 and 14 would be snow make-up days. That was before a different type of destruction.