Orient-Macksburg community meets for final farewell before school district dissolves

Orient-Macksburg community meets for final farewell before school district dissolves

Having been open since 1921, the community came to say farewell to a district that is now dissolved.

Orient-Macksburg Farewell Celebration draws out generations of Alumni

ORIENT, Iowa -- Following a March vote that dissolved the district, Orient-Macksburg Community School held a farewell celebration Saturday in the school's gym. The Orient-Macksburg Community School District hosted only 87 kids during its last school year, and some of them wrote their farewells in a play to the district. For those who came before, Saturday was their chance to say goodbye. Teresa Thompson, an Orient-Macksburg graduate from the cla…