Guilford, IN — 
The former North Dearborn Elementary School building is scheduled to be demolished sometime between August and October 2021. Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Andrew Jackson says the building was put on a state website for use as a charter school as required by law, and subsequent attempts to sell it proved unsuccessful. As a result, the Sunman-Dearborn School Board voted to demolish the building but have the school corporation retain possession of the property for possible future use. Jackson says the estimated cost to demolish the former “Home of the Vikings” is $450,000. The school corporation is applying for a $400,000 grant from the State of Indiana’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs to help defray most of the demolition expenses. The building, which originally housed North Dearborn High School before consolidation, was closed in 2015 due to declining enrollment. North Dearborn Elementary is now located in the former Sunman-Dearborn Intermediate School building on Sawmill Road off State Road 1 in St. Leon.
