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In 1892, settlers along the Yale Wagon road about 7 miles east of Langley Prairie decided that there were sufficient children to warrant a school. After its completion, a question of naming it arose. Two of the homesteaders, Best and Brown, ex-army veterans who had served under Col. William Dillion Otter on the Prairies from 1885-1887, suggested calling the school "Otter School." This name was agreed upon. In the late 1890's, a community hall carrying the name "Otter" was built. It was at this time that the rough wagon road running from the US border in the south to Telegraph Trail in the north was named "Otter Road." By 1909, the V.V.&E. Railway intersected Otter Road less than one mile north of Yale Road. Along the many spur lines, industry was booming and in 1910, a shingle mill, a saw mill and a lumber mill all carried the name "Otter." In 1910, the BCE Railway crossed Otter Road 4 miles north of Yale Road and built a railway station called "Warwhoop." The name was largely ignored as residents continued to use the name "Otter."

The original Otter School was built in 1896. Apparently classes had been held in another location since 1889. The school was moved to 3825 244th Street in 1913. There were numerous additions over a 50 year span dating from 1921. The school caught fire in 1976. The school's enrolment once had only 9 students before the turn of the century and now (2003) numbers 205 pupils from kindergarten through grade 7.