Inver Grove Heights Schools Oral History Project

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Inver Grove Heights Schools Oral History Project

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Oral histories recorded with members of Simley High School (and, prior to the 1971 creation of the 80th Street buildings for Simley) Simley Junior High and Inver Grove Schools staff. This collection will include administration, teachers, and support staff.

Collection Items

Interview with Matt Mitchell
A couple of 2024 Star Tribune articles detailed how school districts in Minnesota are creating budget cuts in an effort to decrease the accelerated budget gap which resulted from factors such as inflation. In this process, schools are limiting the…

Interview with Lynn Newton
A Kare-11 video of Reporters Interviewing Lynn Newton and Keenan Buhl's parents on Keenan's Buhl's suicide

Interview with Pat Gilbertson
This interview took place on May 31, 2024, with Pat Gilbertson. Mr. Gilbertson has been an art teacher at Simley High School from 2000-2024 and worked at the middle school from 1991-2000. We interviewed him about how he got started as an art teacher,…

Interview with Gretchen Schwanz
This was an interview with Gretchen Schwanz who graduated Simley in 2005 and is now a teacher and a track and field coach at Simley. This interview contained factors of her experience at Simley and in track and field when she was younger and her…

Interview with Nathan Peterson
An interview with Nathan Peterson, a Simley alum who began attending Simley in 1996, graduating in 2000. In this oral history, Mr. Peterson discusses his experience at Simley High School, while highlighting the changes over time in the school system…

Dr. Jerry Robicheau, superintendent of ISD 199 schools from 2000-2004, described his impressions and time leading Inver Grove Heights Schools. Robicheau took over at a turbulent time for the district financially, and in this interview describes how…

Oral history taken with Simley High School alumnus and longtime social studies teacher and boys' hockey coach Dennis Schueller. Interview discusses growing up in Inver Grove Heights, sports at Simley High School, and Schueller's long career in…

Leslie McKenzie served as a science teacher and, later, principal of Simley High School from the school's opening through 1985. This interview discusses his time spent teaching, especially with events like the Science Fair, and his changing role as…

Despite growing up in South St. Paul (whose baseball program he discusses in relationship to the newly-formed Simley High School), Mike Murr became a Simley stalwart, teaching social studies for nearly five decades. In this interview, he discusses…

Kevin McNamara worked as Building and Grounds Director for Inver Grove Schools for 34 years. In this interview, he discusses the many challenges of managing the district's properties, the closures of schools and construction of the new middle school,…
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