The former board treasurer for the Wheatland school district says it was "invevitable" that the Morrill School Board would decided to close the former class one building. The Morrill School board Monday evening decided to close the school south of Lyman at the end of this year, after keeping the school that had only ten students this year open for two years following the passage of the school consolidation law.

Dean Lerwick says the Morrill school system saw the school as a "headache" but he says the real culprits in the school's demise are the lawmakers who passed the school consolidation law. Lerwick says the school could have been "integrated" successfully into the district for some other purpose, noting the reason for it's closure wasn't due to the fact students were not getting a good education.

Morrill School Superintendent Roy Ingram confirms the taxes from the former Wheatland district area more than covers the cost for the school. But he says the expense of having two teachers teach ten students and transporting lunch to the rural school were among the inefficiencies that forced the school's closure.