…until Vallaskola opened in 1923, the children in the village had to attend so-called “community schools” – meaning that the school was on various farms in the village.
…when Vallaskola was built in 1923, there were more people on Valla than on Litjbjerka (today's Bjerka). On Litjbjerka there were only a few farms, while Valla had many farms, as well as a shop, post office, steamship expedition and soda factory…
…from 1923 to 1967, the students attended Vallaskola from what is now grade 1 to 7, and then they went to Korgen. It was a so-called few-class school with only three grades, and therefore one spent two years in 1st grade, three years in 2nd grade, and two years in 3rd grade.
...from 1967, students only attended Vallaskola for four years (later three years) before going to Korgen.
...there were lessons at Vallaskola for 53 years. On September 6, 1976, the brand new Bjerkaskolen opened, and the 26 students from grades 1-3 were moved there.
…Vallaskola was given as a gift from Hemnes Municipality to Vallabotn Sanitetsforening in 1976
...Vallaskola's first teacher was Jens Tofte, the last two were Elin Ravnå and Edith Brauten.
...it was Svend Levius Hetmand Pedersen (also called Svend Hagen) and Jakob Benjaminsen, who built Vallaskola. Before that, they also ran Baklandsskola (1917). Svend and Jakob are great-grandfathers of Svein-Ole Hagen and Lars-Einar Trongmo respectively.
…downstairs at Vallaskola there were two separate classrooms and a kitchen – here was the crane that everyone had to take! The toilets were outside. On the second floor there was the teachers' residence.
… schools in the old days had their own caretaker, a so-called Janitor.