Prescott Unified School District history

Opened in 1890 at the location of 20th and Cherry Streets, the first Prescott School had been built by Contractors Chidester and Narras for a cost of $25,990.

The unit began as a school for the deaf in Lincoln in 1907.

On March 10, 1908, the taxpayers of School District #1 authorized the Board to hold a special election for a bond issue, and on July 12, the election went in favor of the sale of bonds — 119 to 1.

The contract to build in the amount of $19,480 was given to Clinton Campbell, and the project for the erection of the north building was completed by late 1909.

The original three buildings were constructed of solid, enduring materials as part of President Roosevelt’s WPA projects in the early thirties and dedicated in 1939 as Prescott High School.

December 1949: Miss Betty Elmen, Kindergarten Director is profiled in a news article.

March 1957: Prescott student Larry Small gets his picture in the paper beside the volcano he built for the Science Fair.

June 1960, pupils of the sixth grade write and produce a play about a family who traipsed across South America.

In 1970, Principal Charlie Phillips began his term and remained at Lincoln for a total of 12 years.

In 1972 the school began a total communication process which includes sign language.

Peet! Prescott Building Superintendent Claude Peet got a surprise party in May 1976.

1979: The Prescott Mime Troup performed at a Festival in Washington D.C.. The first weekend in April was one that 10 acoustically handicapped students won’t forget.

Frank Lawhead assumed the helm in the fall of 2003, followed by Mr.