To proceed with this ongoing saga of history, an official notice of the changing of Dist. #14 - Common School to a Union School copied directly from the proceedings of the school from April 1870 to August 1913. However, since this is a rather lengthy documentation (it covers 7 pages) this writer will attempt to consolidate the important segments of this documentation for which credit must be given to the late Walter Uebele for his extensive research.

Beginning the proceedings to change from a Common School to a Union School was consummated by an affirmative vote and the electors in Dist. #14 and a special meeting was called for this purpose.

Charles Clinton, School Commissioner of the Second District of Chenango County did hereby designate a new said district #14 as Union Free School this date August 9,1899. As was related in the article of January 26, 2012 plans had been made previously for a new schoolhouse in Dist. #14. The concept was to build a new consolidated school, however, IT DID NOT WORK OUT THAT WAY. There had been no particular site chosen, no cost given, and in spike of the vagueness, the idea of building was OBJECTED by many members of the community. These procrastinators argued “Taxes are high enough already,” “What do we need a new school for as registration is declining in the school” and so and so on.