Editing Baskin, Louisiana (section)

==Education==
It is in the [[Franklin Parish School Board]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22041_franklin/DC20SD_C22041.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Franklin Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 4, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22041_franklin/DC20SD_C22041_SD2MS.txt text list]</ref>

Baskin School, a [[K-8 school]], is in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpsb.us/baskinschool_home.aspx|title=Home|publisher=Baskin School|access-date=February 4, 2024|quote=1926 HWY 857 Baskin, LA 71219}}</ref> [[Franklin Parish High School]] in [[Winnsboro, Louisiana|Winnsboro]] is the sole public high school of the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpsb.us/Schools.aspx|title=Franklin Parish Schools|publisher=[[Franklin Parish School Board]]|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> Residents of Baskin move on to Franklin Parish High.<ref name=HandbookBaskin>{{cite book|url=https://www.fpsb.us/Downloads/Baskin%20handbook%2021-22.pdf?v=-27|chapter=History of Baskin School|title=Baskin Handbook 2021-2022|publisher=Baskin School|access-date=February 4, 2024|page=8 (PDF p. 5/20)}}</ref>

Baskin School, initially an elementary and middle school began in the latter part of the 1800s, with Cumming's Gin and a facility on a private property housing initial classes. A building made of brick opened in 1916.<ref name=HandbookBaskin/> 1920 was the year that the first class graduated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clipboard: Baskin High|newspaper=[[The Town Talk]]|place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana]]|date=March 7, 2000|page=D-4}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/140291066/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> The 1926 [[Baskin High School Building]] opened, with senior high school becoming a part of the school. In 1977 it moved to a different facility. The high school division closed in 1997 and it became a PreKindergarten through 8th grade facility.<ref name=HandbookBaskin/> The 1926 building, which had been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], was demolished in 2021.<ref name=Announcing>{{cite web|url=https://www.lthp.org/news/announcing-the-2022-louisiana-preservation-awards/|title=Announcing the 2022 Louisiana Preservation Awards|publisher=[[Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation]]|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>