November 10, 1914 the Richfield School District No. 3198
was established comprising the following lands: Sections 4-9,
16-21 and those portions of Sections 28, 29, and 30 lying
east of Milk river in T-1, R-22; Sections 1, 12, and those
portions of Sections 2, 3, 11, 13, and 24 lying east of the
said river in Township 1, Range 23; West of the Fourth
Meridian.

Senior Trustee, and secretary at the time was M. Millar of
Del Bonita, Alberta. The Committee responsible for
establishment included George Hoyt, J.P.Catenner, and
James N. Seale.

August 2, 1915 the sum of twelve hundred dollars was
borrowed upon security of the district for the purpose of
erecting and furnishing a school house. Treasurer at this
time was S. L. West of Del Bonita, Alberta. The school
was named Richfield.

May 9, 1924, the name Richfield district No. 3198 was
changed to Rinard School District No. 3198. This name
was suggested by W. 0. Miller, who had come from a
place called Rinard in Illinois.

October 3, 1936 the Rinard School District No. 3198 was
included in Subdivision No. 3 of the St. Mary's River
School Division No. 2.

July 26, 1945 the following lands were added. Those
parts of Sections 29 and 29 not already included in
Rinard School District; Sections 32 and 33 in T-1, R-22;
that part of Section 3 lying north of the north branch of
the Milk River, Sections 4, 5, 8-10 and 15-17 in
Township 2, R-22, West of the Fourth Meridian.

May 6, 1960 the following lands were transferred from
the Valleyfield School District No. 3327 to the Rinard
School District No. 3198; that fraction of Section 13
lying west of the north branch of Milk River, Section 14,
south half of Section 23, that fraction of the south half
of section 24 lying west of the north branch of the Milk
River, in T-1, Range 23, West of the Fourth Meridian.

Following the centralization of the schools in 1939 the
building was sold to Arlen Wiggill and used as a dwelling.
It now serves as a granary on the Gene Plunet farm.

Some of the teachers in Rinard school were: Vern Wheeler,
R. Gibb, Dallas Minion, Mr. Roycroft, Olive Wiggill, Cliff
Dawson, Mary Hominuke, Verena Stutz, Mrs. Frances
Jensen, Mrs. Eileen Whitworth.

In the fall of 1938 Rinard School was involved in the first
steps toward centralization of schools. Classes for
elementary students from Lens and Rinard were held
at Rinard School. The Christmas of 1938 a joint concert
for Lens and Rinard was held in Rinard School.

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