 Around this time the decision was also made to close the rural schools, most of them being antiquated in resources and limited in size, and use the bus service to bring the younger students to the former high school building in Seligman, while the Washburn building was then used exclusively as a high school.The Washburn building served as the high school and the Seligman building as the elementary for the next 10 years.Then on March 10, 1964 a heavy snowstorm cause the collapse of the Seligman elementary's gymnasium roof.