On Nov. 10,1966, Education Minister Gordon Bennett officially laid the cornerstone of Cardigan Consolidated Elementary School. The new school served 18 districts and had a staff of 14 teachers in 1966. The following teachers have taught in Cardigan : 1849 - Donald Lamont 1863-64 - Thomas Butler 1875 - John M. MacDonald 1878 - J.T.MacNeil 1879 -JJ.MacNeill 1879-80 - Patrick J. Wright 1880-81 - Mary MacDonald 1881-82 - Elizabeth MacDonald 1882-84 - S.M. Bent 1884-87 - Isabelle Dewar 1887-89 - George F. Dewar - Kate Cummiskey - Kate Cummiskey 1889-91 - George H. Lord 1891-93 - Timothy MacDonald - Kate Coady - Robin Kennedy 1893-94 - George F. MacCormick 1894-96 - George J. MacCormic - Emma MacLean - Lester Mellish 1896-97 - J.A.C. Rogerson 1897-1901- Wallace Coffin - Carrie MacCormic - Carrie MacCormic 1901-02 - Geneva MacDonald 1902-03 - Jim MacDonald - Josephine MacLean - Anna Campbell 1903-05 - J.J. MacPherson 1905-06 - P.M. Grant - Hilda Morson - Hilda Morson 1906-07 - Fred Monaghan 1907-08 - Fred Monaghan - Hilda Morson - Carrie MacCormic 1908-09 - Peter S. Bradley 1909-10 - Michael Francis - Jean Gordon - Jean Gordon 1910-11 - Michael Francis 1911-12 - Ambrose Peters - Katie Walsh - Tim MacDonald 1912-13 - Patrick Murphy 1913-14 - Patrick Murphy - Irene Lewis - Jean Gordon 1914-15 - H. Frank MacPhee 1915-16 - Patrick Walsh - Jean Gordon - Elizabeth MacKenzie 1916-17 - Patrick Walsh 1917-18 - Augustus Cairns - Irene Lewis - V.B. Walsh - Elizabeth MacKenzie 1918-19 - Bertram Walsh 1919-21 - E.J.H. Morrissey - Elizabeth Walsh - Elizabeth MacKenzie 1921-22 - Genoa Lewis 1922-23 - William Zaib - Elizabeth MacKenzie - Elizabeth MacKenzie 1923-24 - Cecil Devereaux 1924-26 - Florence Vickerson - Genoa Lewis - Genoa Lewis 1926-27 - Mae Gardiner 1927-28 - Roy Grant - Annie MacLeod - Stella Morris 1928-29 - Anna MacDonald 1929-30 - A.L. Adams - Emma MacCormic - Bernadette Lewis 1930-33 - E.J. Hynes 1933-34 - E.J. Hynes - Bernadette Lewis - Florence MacEachern 1934-35 - Lewis Gallant 1935-37 - Gordon Scrimgeour - Florence MacEachern - Mary MacAulay 1937-39 - Bernadette Lewis 1939-40 - Gordon Scrimgeour - Daisy Agnew - John Adam MacPherson 1940-41 - James Sharkey - James Sharkey