Leslie Public Schools

Leslie's school district was established in 1837.^[1] In a 1925 profile of Leslie, the Jackson Citizen Patriot described the district as having 350 students, with 90 high school students and 75 grade-schoolers attending in a temporary structure on the main school grounds. "The main building contains 10 rooms and, while not modern in all respects, is a fairly good building."^[5]

A new school was built in 1928,^[6] and a new elementary school was built in 1952.^[7] Additions at the high school and elementary school were built in 1956, designed by architect Earl G. Meyer.^[8][9]

A new high school opened in fall 1964,^[10] and the 1928 building became a middle school.^[6] According to a description of the new high school in the local newspaper, twelve of the sixteen teaching stations were windowless, for reasons of economy. The design was meant to eliminate the "cost of shades to shut-out sunlight or to darken a room for showing films and the expense of heating rooms with large window areas. These factors were considered, as well as eliminating the cost of window installation. All windows in the new building are tinted and require no shades or drapes."^[10]

The current high school opened in fall 1997.^[11] The 1964 high school building became a middle school in 1999. The 1928 school became a charter school after the district stopped using it in 1999, but was closed in 2005 and demolished in 2023.^[6][12]