Photo 9-BCL-36

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Centennial High School
In 1936, the second Rural High School District of Coleman County was formed when the voters of the Central, White Chapel, Bown and Valera school districts voted to consolidate for high school purposes. The site for the new high school was selected in April 1936, and the newly created district was named Centennial. A temporary building (wooden) was erected on thirty acres three miles north of Valera, TX. In January 1940, the temporary building was destroyed by fire. They got a grant from the Work Projects Administration (WPA) for a second school. The second building was completed in 1941 and built out of rock and brick. The gymnasium was also built in the same period. The only sports that Centennial played was basketball.

Beginning with the 1958-59 school year, Centennial and Talpa consolidated with junior high and high school students going to Talpa and Centennial becoming the elementary school. The new school district became known as Talpa-Centennial. Mozelle and Talpa-Centennial consolidated in 1987, and the newly created district was named Panther Creek School, located at Voss, TX.
The old school is now a hunting lodge.
Located on Farm to Market 503 Coleman County

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