"There was a school in Dodson (Bonneville Grade School), but it closed in 1996 because of a mud slide and declining enrollment."

Jim Hays, Bygone Bonneville

Bonneville Grade School -- eight grades in four classrooms -- never had an enrollment of more than 70 or so students, most of whom lived at the dam. High school students went to either Cascade Locks or Stevenson.

The school closed in 1996, its enrollment down to 11 students, its building heavily damaged by landslides caused by severe winter weather.

George A. Freitag, POST-1996 DEBRIS FLOW EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION, TUMALT CREEK DRAINAGE, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON

Bonneville School, located on the alluvial fan at elevation 55 m and about 1,500 m northwest of the steep gorge slopes, incurred damage to fencing and partial burial of the school’s parking area with muddy debris from an overflow lobe.

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The school was closed in late 1996 in response to long-term changes in student enrollment patterns, not because of the debris flow hazard.

"The Bonneville School was later sold and currently is used as a storage facility."

Links

Hays, Jim. "Bygone Bonneville." The Oregonian. January 16, 2010.

http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2010/01/bygone_bonneville.html

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