Schools
Upon the district's formation it had its elementary and middle school grades in Meservey while its high school was in Thornton. The mascot of the Thornton School was the Lancers. The Thornton school had been built in 1936 and received extra classrooms, office space, a gymnasium, and a library in a 1955 addition. Junior high school students were later moved to Thornton. The Meservey School closed in 1983, making the Thornton School K–12. High school students were moved out of the building as a result of the grade-sharing agreement between Meservey–Thornton and Sheffield–Chapin. The Lancers mascot only remained for middle school sports teams after 1988, and it was no longer in use after 2007. The Thornton School closed in 2008 by the consolidated SCMT district and was demolished in 2012. ==References==