Nemaha School System

Nemaha students attend the Schaller-Crestland School with grades K-8 at Schaller and High School grades 9-12 at Early.

This is the Schaller-Crestland school building at Early as it looks today. It houses the High School classes.

In 1958, Early and Nemaha merged and the one school system was called Crestland Community School. Each school kept their own Kindergarten through 6th grade. 7th and 8th came to Nemaha and High School was at Early.

In 1989 partial grade sharing was arranged with Schaller with a full consolidation in 1993 where the school changed names from Crestland to Schaller-Crestland.

Today the Nemaha School has been torn down, the High School is at Early with the Grade School at Schaller.

Nemaha School History

In 1904 there were nine school districts in Delaware Township with the town of Nemaha at the center. These small, one-room schoolhouses were situated two miles apart each way.
Old Nemaha Drawing

It was not over three years before a wood frame schoolhouse was erected. It was a two-room wood building known as Delaware Central School. This building was replaced with a two-story brick building in 1913 (no photo). That brick building was condemned in 1920.

In 1923 a new brick building known as the Delaware Township Consolidated School was erected. It had four levels (counting the sub-level furnace room) with a gymnasium. This photo was taken in 1955.

This building had one addition added on the east side in the mid-1950's. The addition consisted of a stage opening to the gym, a music room, kindergarten, first and second grade rooms and two restrooms. Photo taken April 16. 1989.

Early and Nemaha consolidated in 1958 with elementary students still attending the Nemaha school until 1989 when the school joined with Schaller. Photo taken April 16. 1989.

Nemaha School is demolished

The last Nemaha School building was torn down in November 1990.

The old bus barn still stands and is now privately owned. Note how the modern buses were no longer able to fit inside the building.

The people of Nemaha decided to beautify the corner lot by building a shelterhouse and Memorial Tree Arboretum.

They held fundraisers and with volunteer help were able to erect the building with the majority of work being completed in one snowy weekend in April 1997.

The original Delaware Township Consolidated School sign was partially preserved during demolition and has been restored and placed near the highway in front of the school grounds with an engraved picture of the school below.

The former school ball park is still in use by Little League and has been remodeled and maintained as an attractive ball park.

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Updated 5/2/07 - Validated 5/23/06