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While there are new public schools for primary students in ISD 199, secondary students will have to look to SSP for schooling.

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,…

Irwin T. Simley continued his presence in ISD 199 at the age of 76.

This interview with Kenneth Anich talks about life in Inver Grove as child during the 80s. Ken Anich grew up in Inver Grove Heights in the 80s and graduated from Simley in 1991. Ken describes life growing up in Inver Grove Heights as a child, then…

Greg Dahn recounts the drowning of his friend and fellow Simley football team captain, Timothy Boche.In the interview, Al Krech is mistakenly identified as Al Creck and Al Crack

A September 1959 photograph of ISD 199 education consultant Irwin T. Simley at the ceremonial groundbreaking of the high school that would bear his name. The ISD 199 school board is in the background.

Pheifer describes how the trial unfolded with all the DNA evidence but Guevara was still acquitted on all accounts. Jim Backstrom spoke out about the effects of the case and how it not only affected him but the community. Then, Torres explains the…

A newspaper account of the seven crewmen whose lives were lost in the September 1957 B-52 crash in present-day Inver Grove Heights.

Bronze plaque installed in 1939 by the National Youth Administration (NYA) commemorating the Pine Bend settlement of Chief Medicine Bottle.

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…