Westlea School #4356, situated northeast of Dysart, opened in 1921, with Miss I. Whiteford as the first teacher, paid a salary of $100 per month. The school district was formed later than the others in the Dysart area and was smaller. Negotiations to purchase land and build a school did begin as far back as 1914, when numerous families were living too far from Headlands School. Following many meetings with the Department of Education and the R.M. of Lipton #217, permission was granted to begin erection of the new school in 1921. During the 1930s, the teacher's salary was $40 per month, and the janitor - usually the teacher or a pupil - was paid $43 per month. The last teacher was Miss D. Williams when the school closed in 1960. A picnic was held then for the last time.