Carnegie Elementary School students Ananda Livezey, 10 (left); Kiya Samuel, 10; Claire Buthod, 10; and Rayleigh Henson, 9, write letters to legislators Friday asking for help with education funding.

Amid the controversy and criticisms that have prompted other schools to abandon 1889 Land Run re-enactments altogether, Carnegie Elementary School hasn’t just revived the tradition — it has ...