Milestones
What opened, what was published, and when.
This page lists the milestones of the Library site, newest first. News about school trust lands themselves is in the Newsroom. The full week-by-week build log — every update, in its original wording — is preserved in the site changelog in the Librarians’ Room.
- Thursday August 13, 2026 — Reader pages reorganized. The Library reorganized its reader pages to lead with the subject — the land, the money, the law, the cases, the states. The Library's description of itself and its methods moved to the Librarians’ Room. No factual content changed.
- August 12–13, 2026 — A full audit of the Library. 229 errors found across 441 pages; the findings are reported in full in corrections log entry 013.
- Wednesday August 12, 2026 — The preview notices came off. The booklet was reissued as a second edition the same day.
- Monday August 10, 2026 — The booklet published. The Library in brief — a 20-page portrait of America's School Trust Library — published August 10, 2026.
- Monday August 10, 2026 — The July 24 ruling published. The letter opinion of July 24, 2026, which granted the State summary judgment in Coos County 24CV38372, is published in full; see Oregon's current case and corrections log entry 009.
- Monday August 10, 2026 — Site consolidation. The Library's two sites became one, at schooltrusts.org.
- Sunday August 9, 2026 — Two ledgers, merged and renumbered. The Library's two public corrections ledgers were merged on August 9, 2026 and the entries were renumbered — corrections log entry 008.
- Monday August 3, 2026 — The founding board seated. On August 3, 2026 the founding board was seated and adopted the Library's governing instruments by unanimous written consent; the full dated record of every filing and board action is the organizational record.
- Tuesday July 21, 2026 — Incorporated. Oregon accepted the Articles of Incorporation on July 21, 2026, creating an Oregon nonprofit public benefit corporation (Registry No. 259005891).
- Sunday May 3, 2026 — The Library named. The site was renamed from "Schools of the Republic" to "America's School Trust Library." (The book stays titled Schools of the Republic.)
- Early May 2026 — The site opened. The public library site at schooltrusts.org opened in early May 2026, with three rooms live: Reading Room, Atlas, Counting House.
- Late February 2026 — The research began. The research behind this library — the booklet, the Sacred Compact white paper, the Vision essay, the per-state research — began in late February 2026.
The complete week-by-week history, in its original wording, is the site changelog. The Library's charitable registration, incorporation, and board formation are recorded on the Organizational record and in Building This Library.
