First graders visiting Brickyard School were excited to pose with Mayor Bill Bialecki, who made a surprise visit to view an old-fashioned school day.
he first grade program at Brickyard School, in its 18th year, provides students a half-day of schooling as their ancestors may have experienced. The one-room rural school, now located on the Merrill Festival Grounds, once educated students in the Town of Pine River.