An important person for De Hoeve was Albert H. Kuipers. He was farmer, owner of moor and the founder of the first school in De Hoeve. In behalf of 68 people he wrote a request to the province. He himself donated the land necessary to build the school. The municipality Westellingwerf did not agree with the plan of building a school. They were afraid that less pupils would go to the new build school in Steggerda. Also the finance was a big problem. The province of Friesland knew that this school had to be build. At that moment 70 pupils between 5 and 12 years old had to walk more than 3 to 5 hours to school through the mud and dirt.
In 1908 the Committee Local Interest (Commissie Plaatselijk Belang) was founded. During the first meetings with the people the decision was taken to improve the dirtroads by putting rubble on it. Also they decide to make all kind of other improvements. These meetings were also used as entertainment with recitals, songs and hot chocolat, made of the milk that was donated by the farmers. The committeemembers made sure that there will be enough milk left for the pupils the next day.
In 2004 there are several clubs and committees in De Hoeve. The school has a new name now. It is called "De Klaeter". De Klaeter is doing very well with its approximately 55 pupils. De Hoeve has its own monthly newspaper called “De OosterWester”. there is also a version of De Oosterwester on the internet. The name is: http://come.to/oosterwester