# Humphrey Elementary School *Public elementary school at 803 Elm Avenue, Waverly, Minnesota, in the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted district.* Humphrey Elementary School is a public elementary school at 803 Elm Avenue in [[Waverly]], [[Wright County, Minnesota]]. It belongs to Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Independent School District #2687.[^1] The project's Waverly dossier lists the school in its table of local sites tied to [[Hubert H. Humphrey Museum|Hubert H. Humphrey]]'s residence in the town, alongside the museum and the memorial marker.[^1] The school appears in the at-issue record in one entry. That entry pairs it with a March 2025 White House executive order on education governance and gives its reason for the pairing as "the local school is the governance unit the order returns authority to."[^2][^3] The record does not establish whether the order has changed any authority exercised at this school.[^2] ## What The record identifies the school by type, address and district only.[^1] It carries no enrollment, staffing, budget or founding-date figures, and none are stated here.[^1] The at-issue entry characterizes the school in its own words: "The county's most durable Humphrey institution is a public elementary school, not a policy."[^2] That sentence is the entry's framing, not a documented finding about the school.[^2] ## Where The school is in Waverly. According to the dossier, Humphrey kept a residence at Lake Waverly from the mid-1950s until his death there on January 13, 1978, at age 66.[^4] Sources give both 1956 and 1958 as the year he acquired the property, and the deed has not been retrieved, so no single year is stated.[^4] He was interred at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis on January 16, 1978.[^4] Two other Humphrey sites stand in the same town.[^5] - The Hubert H. Humphrey Museum, at 310 8th St N, opened on December 6, 1996. It is operated by a separate nonprofit.[^5] - The Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial in Railroad Park was dedicated on September 10, 2005. Its marker carries Humphrey's sentence: "It's just a small town near a lake in Minnesota, but to me, it's the peace of the world."[^5] ## In the at-issue record - **Entry.** AI-Humphrey-078, ranked 78 with a shock score of 55, appears in the section *The Waverly Promise & the Boundary County Edition*.[^2] - **Anchor.** The anchor is the White House executive order *Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities* (March 2025).[^3] - **Sourcing.** The entry rests on a single district-class source (domain hlww.k12.mn.us) and on dossier §II.[^1][^2] ## In the Minnesota record The record does not connect Humphrey Elementary School to any federal action against the State. It does carry two actions bearing on the state government above the district. - **DOJ release No. 26-21.** On January 14, 2026, the [[United States Department of Justice]] issued release No. 26-21. The release is titled *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*. Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^6] - **Title IX suit.** On March 30, 2026, the United States filed *United States v. Minnesota Dept. of Education*, No. 0:26-cv-02078, under [[Title IX]]. The defendants are the [[Minnesota Department of Education]] and the [[Minnesota State High School League]], and the case is before Judge [[Eric C. Tostrud]].[^7] The record carries no later status for the case.[^7] ## Notes [^1]: Project dossier, *HHH_Waverly_Apex_Dossier_2026-09-02.md*, §II "Residency: The Chosen Ground" (validated; Sept. 2, 2026) — table row "School": Humphrey Elementary School, 803 Elm Ave, Waverly — Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted ISD #2687, source class "District site"; residence row places Waverly in Wright County. Pack record; no URL in the allowed list. [^2]: Project at-issue record, *AI-Humphrey-078* (section *The Waverly Promise & the Boundary County Edition*; rank 78, shock 55; one district-class source, hlww.k12.mn.us; source dossier §II) — entry text and anchor rationale. Pack record; no URL in the allowed list. [^3]: The White House, *Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities* (Mar. 2025) — the executive order cited as the anchor of AI-Humphrey-078. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/ [^4]: Project dossier, *HHH_Waverly_Apex_Dossier_2026-09-02.md*, §II (validated) — residence at Lake Waverly; acquisition in the mid-1950s (1956 and 1958 both given; deed not retrieved; marked partially unverified); death at the residence on Jan. 13, 1978, at age 66; Lakewood Cemetery burial record (Section 51, Lot A, Grave 1; interred Jan. 16, 1978). Pack record; no URL in the allowed list. [^5]: Project dossier, *HHH_Waverly_Apex_Dossier_2026-09-02.md*, §II (validated) — museum at 310 8th St N, opened Dec. 6, 1996, separate nonprofit (MPR Archive; GuideStar); Railroad Park memorial dedicated Sept. 10, 2005 (HMdb #78365), with the marker text. Pack record; no URL in the allowed list. [^6]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — title of the release and the Attorney General's certification. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime [^7]: Project master, *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, June 18, 2026), note [27] (validated; marked primary-confirmed) — *United States v. Minnesota Dept. of Education*, 0:26-cv-02078 (Title IX; filed Mar. 30, 2026; Judge Eric C. Tostrud; defendants MDE and MSHSL). Pack record; no URL in the allowed list.