Brothers School District
former school district in Oregon
Brothers School District 15C was a school district headquartered in Brothers, Oregon. It had one school, the Brothers School, a one room schoolhouse. In 1991, the school had one teacher. The school was a K-8 school.
As of 2025 Brothers Elementary School, a K-8 school, is operated by the Crook County School District.
History
The school first opened in 1915. At the time, enrollment was 11.
A school building, colored red, opened in 1928.
In 1969 it had eight students.
Circa 1989, the state government sent a team for standardizing schools, and it gave a poor rating to the school district.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q133818651. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2025, 1915 and 1928.
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