Campbell Elementary was built in 1995 and named for Anne Campbell (1918- 1997). Dr. Campbell had an outstanding career in Nebraska education, which included service as Madison County Superintendent of Schools, federal programs director at Lincoln Public Schools, and administrative assistant for governmental affairs. She went on to become the director of public affairs at the University of Nebraska and finally the state’s education commissioner. She gained national recognition in 1981 as a member of the National Commission on Excellence in Education which produced the famous report on education entitled, ‘A Nation at Risk‘.
