How many on here went to one room country school? I went 6 years there were 15 students thee last year. Then went to town school didn,t learn a thing in town school.But was in first grade tell i was 21. They didn,t have kindergarten when i started school might have been in kindergarten all that time.Any ho just wondering how many of us old guy,s are still around? Are there any that have kids going to one room schools?
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gene bender
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Yes no water and no elect till 45 carried water from nearby farm
mechanicfred
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1st,2nd and 3rd grade. Then to big school 15 miles away was in trouble all the time there!
I went to a 2 room school for three years till it closed and moved us to town. I had the same teacher for three years. The other teacher had grades 4-7 . We had 24 students when it closed. Two teachers and a cook. The only running water was in the kitchen sink. We had two 2 holer outhouses. Fun times back then in 1953. Tommy
Yup.
Went to a 1 room school in Grade 1 and Grade 2.
One teacher there and taught Grade 1 to Grade 8.
I had to walk 2 3/4 miles each way.
The road was not built for the last mile; followed a cow path back then.
Ate lots of frozen lunches too.
There was no power, no running water, of course.
We got water from a shallow well in the schoolyard.
There was some kind of pot-bellied heater in the center of the room.
........ and separate outhouses for boys and for girls.
Went to a 1 room school in Grade 1 and Grade 2.
One teacher there and taught Grade 1 to Grade 8.
I had to walk 2 3/4 miles each way.
The road was not built for the last mile; followed a cow path back then.
Ate lots of frozen lunches too.
There was no power, no running water, of course.
We got water from a shallow well in the schoolyard.
There was some kind of pot-bellied heater in the center of the room.
........ and separate outhouses for boys and for girls.
Yep, in Bethel, Michigan-- I went to a one room school, 6 years, 6 grades, one teacher. She came in early, built a fire in the wood/coal furnace that sat in the back of the one room. 1948-1954. around 1952 local 'Dads' built a room on to the rear and it was a kitchen that a local lady cooked our lunch in. We did have electric & water and bus rides.
greenmech
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Yes 6 years same teacher. Out houses and a pump to carry water inside. Ron Mn
I went to one room school for the first 5 years, one teacher the whole time. Did have indoor vault toilets, but no running water, had to haul that. Big old coal furnace in center of room where we could sit around and dry off after recess in the snow. Never had more than 6 students at one time. Just reconnected with one of them on facebook after 56 years.
old
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Didn't go to a one room but did go the a 3 room and then a 2 room. Winfield KS was a 3 room and Legigh NE was a 2 room
Went to Martha Washington Schooll. A 2 room school house that was 2 1/2 miles from home. 1st through 4th grade was in one room and 5th through 8th was in the other. We had a lunch room with two cooks, indoor plumbing and a art teacher and a music teacher that came once a week. We rode our bicycles or walked to school sometimes and mom took us the rest of the time.
I went to town to Jr. High when I started the 7th grade.
We played dodgeball, baseball and football and had a great time.
I went to town to Jr. High when I started the 7th grade.
We played dodgeball, baseball and football and had a great time.
Pair-a-dice farm
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I went to a 2 room for the 1st grade, there was no such thing as kindergarten. One room had grades 1-4 and the other had grades 5-8. There was about 20 kids and all but 4 kids were from 3 families. The other 4 were my sister, 2 cousins and me. The next year they closed the school and we had to go to town.
Andy Martin
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I didn't, but my mom taught in the school she went to, grades 1-8, she taught the winter after she graduated high school, after going to summer school at a college to get a provisional certificate. She had two to three students in each class, her younger siblings being a problem, they thought they were still home. Did that for three years, college every summer. She said kids teaching the younger grade helped a lot and helped those kids learn too. Told me her last year she had two boys taking eighth grade algebra. She and her mom stayed up late every night studying algebra so she could keep her bluff in on the two boys. I think everybody got a good education, she was hard on me when I had trouble with teachers. She had to walk 1-3/4 miles to the school, half through the woods, and would get scared after dark so her mom would meet her and walk with her and the younger kids and neighbor's kids.
I did not go to one but I do remember going to where my Grandma Ray taught at one. It was early 60's and I was about 10 years old then. The old school has now been moved from south of town into Vicksburg Mich. They set up and old village park area there. I love going in every now and then and looking at the school. I don't know if they had water but I remember a out house sitting out back.
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
I went to a one room school for a few years. Then the power hungry jerks that ran the county school board told everyone how much smarter us country kids would be if we had all of the advantages available in the bigger town school. Ya right ! We had no Kindergarten , and I started into grade one at four, and graduated high school at seventeen. Bruce
Yep. I attended a one-room school for 8 years, 1940-1949. Two outhouses respectably spaced apart. The boys were responsible for carrying in drinking water from a neighboring well and bring in coal each day during the heating season. The girls were responsible for indoor cleaning. Always had bus transportation. I lived 5 miles from the school, but the bus ride was about 10-12. Had one teacher first 3 years and another one for 5 years. Then went to high school (about 100-120 enrollment) where students from our elementary school always seemed to excel.
rossow (mn)
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I went to a one-room school (Colfax No. 1) in Colfax Township, Iowa, for my first six years of school. The schoolhouse was on a one-acre plot carved out of the corner of my father's north-central Iowa farm, about a quarter mile from our farmhouse, so the walk wasn't bad; I remember sometimes in kindergarten getting to ride home at noon on the running board of mailman John Thompson's 1938 Chevy. We had to walk a ways down the gravel road to a neighboring farm to carry back water in a shot bucket. The heat was a gravity furnace in the basement, sitting below a huge floor grate. There were two outhouses ("called "lats"), one for boys, one for girls. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each class day. The school had been shut down during WWII when the township population declined. It reopened in fall 1954 with about a dozen students in grades K-8. It had only seven students when it closed in 1959. When the school closed, the families in the township divided up the contents. Somehow (through my parents' estate) I have ended up with the school's oak three-stack barrister bookcase, the oak "Regulator" pendulum wall clock, a long, low "kindergarten" table and chairs, and the huge portrait of George Washington whose eyes followed us wherever we were in the classroom. The building itself was later sold and moved to someone's farm as a grain-storage building (kinda sad), and the land reverted to cropland on the farm. From sixth grade through high school I was bused 13 miles to town. In those days the "town folk" often looked down their noses on "farm kids" and considered them kind of backwards, but I went on to eventually earn four college degrees, including a Ph.D. from a Tier 1 university, so I guess country school didn't hurt me all that much.
John Deere D
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1 room school Grade 1> 8
One teacher that taught Grade 1 to Grade 8
There was a time, when there were 32 students.
Teacher lived in a house/small dwelling at school.
Walked 1 1/2 miles each way. Rode a bicycle when roads were not muddy.
Winter of 1959 was a record winter for snow, as well as the temp stayed at -40F or colder for 42 days straight. My Brother Sister sand I never missed a day of school!
There was power, no running water. Icehouse had huge blocks of ICE. Ice was Brocken into smaller chucks and melted for drinking water.
There was a double stacked oil drum wood heater in the center of the room.
Separate outhouses for boys and for girls.
An RN Nurse would arrive twice a year to check on students health.
Disciple was a leather strap.
Teachers were single. There was a line up of men.
Parents always backed the Teacher........Students had to listen and learn.
Several grade 8 students earned a small monthly allowance for starting the wood stove before class each day.
One teacher that taught Grade 1 to Grade 8
There was a time, when there were 32 students.
Teacher lived in a house/small dwelling at school.
Walked 1 1/2 miles each way. Rode a bicycle when roads were not muddy.
Winter of 1959 was a record winter for snow, as well as the temp stayed at -40F or colder for 42 days straight. My Brother Sister sand I never missed a day of school!
There was power, no running water. Icehouse had huge blocks of ICE. Ice was Brocken into smaller chucks and melted for drinking water.
There was a double stacked oil drum wood heater in the center of the room.
Separate outhouses for boys and for girls.
An RN Nurse would arrive twice a year to check on students health.
Disciple was a leather strap.
Teachers were single. There was a line up of men.
Parents always backed the Teacher........Students had to listen and learn.
Several grade 8 students earned a small monthly allowance for starting the wood stove before class each day.
Most if not all the previous generation did around here. If you lived beyond the reach of the tri-city area, (Albany, Troy, Schenectady - NY) it was mostly rural and farm land.
In this town, there are 3 one room schools still intact and well preserved. 2 of buildings have been restored and are still in use. I was present some 25+ years back during one of the restorations as we made materials they needed in the mill at the lumber yard and delivered other materials needed as well. This was the Garfield School,(2nd link). It was one of the jobsites I liked to visit because of the history.
I've always had in interest in local history anyways and when doing some research, I found a railroad, ( spur or short line of 50 miles or so) supposedly existed behind this schoolhouse, it crossed land we once owned and I have never been able to find any sign that it existed, usually aerial photography will shed some light. No one recalls this railroad that I have spoken to. Ironically, another proposed railroad was also drawn in. Still a mystery to me. When I was a kid, there were some old telephone poles stacked in a clump of trees, (within a very large area of flat bottom land) that had glass insulators on them, clear and they may even be in my small collection of those. The RR was clearly shown on a map from 1876. That map is included in the link below and another.
Well anyways here are the schools and an article by Wikpedia showing a map before centralization in the 50's
Red Schoolhouse
Garfield School
School 5
Pre centralization map
In this town, there are 3 one room schools still intact and well preserved. 2 of buildings have been restored and are still in use. I was present some 25+ years back during one of the restorations as we made materials they needed in the mill at the lumber yard and delivered other materials needed as well. This was the Garfield School,(2nd link). It was one of the jobsites I liked to visit because of the history.
I've always had in interest in local history anyways and when doing some research, I found a railroad, ( spur or short line of 50 miles or so) supposedly existed behind this schoolhouse, it crossed land we once owned and I have never been able to find any sign that it existed, usually aerial photography will shed some light. No one recalls this railroad that I have spoken to. Ironically, another proposed railroad was also drawn in. Still a mystery to me. When I was a kid, there were some old telephone poles stacked in a clump of trees, (within a very large area of flat bottom land) that had glass insulators on them, clear and they may even be in my small collection of those. The RR was clearly shown on a map from 1876. That map is included in the link below and another.
Well anyways here are the schools and an article by Wikpedia showing a map before centralization in the 50's
Red Schoolhouse
Garfield School
School 5
Pre centralization map
fixerupper
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Wow, interesting post. Thanks for bringing it up. Around here I don't know of any native of this county alive who went to a one room school or if there are any they are very old. In my immediate neighborhood an estimated half dozen or maybe a few more one room schools were closed in 1917 and consolidated into one country school district when the Lincoln-Lee consolidated school was built. Come to think of it, that was darned near 100 years ago. Lincoln-Lee was a two story clay block structure and laid claim to be the first consolidated school in the nation. When I was in high school in the sixties I was told Nebraska still had one room schools in the less populated areas.
Part Time Pete
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- Leatherstocking Region NY
I didn't attend one, but I have one that I renovated for a vacation rental. It had been previously renovated, and cobbed up, so I tried to bring it back closer to it's original layout. I found some old lesson planners from the 1920's when I was working on it, which was pretty cool.
The town historian had a copy of the school board meeting when they accepted the bids to construct it. The description was basically "a 20'x28' building, of sturdy construction and ample windows". The low bidder was $175
It was schoolhouse #11, New Lisbon NY
Pete
The town historian had a copy of the school board meeting when they accepted the bids to construct it. The description was basically "a 20'x28' building, of sturdy construction and ample windows". The low bidder was $175
It was schoolhouse #11, New Lisbon NY
Pete
I went to a one room school house to vote up until about 12 years ago. Way to young to have attended a one room school house but I'm sure like many we had one that was used as a Township Hall for probably more years than it was a school. I always thought it was very "Americana" to vote there as the school was left just like the day the students left it, pot belly stove, desks & all.
Gary in Indy
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I went to a one room school up to about 3years ago. All said I went there for about 25 years, and I was married when I went there. Wife and I bought a school that had been converted to a house about 1945 or so. Quite a few around the county had been converted, but ours was the only one that had not been updated on the outside. Bricks on the outside had not been fired and the kids going to the school had scratched their names in the bricks. Was built about 1889, a lot of names
Went to a one room school for 5 years; 23 kids in eight grades; in grade 6 went to the 'new' 4 room school built next to it. Three in my class; same three all the way through to grade 6. There was a one room school on every concession here, a few are still standing but in poor shape. The 'new'school closed in 2008, sold but not used since; resold last month. My kids were bussed 30 miles one way to elementary and high schools in town. Church closed 3 years ago, only 3 'part-time' churches left in the township. Population of the township is half of it's peak; if it were not for the lakeshore assessments and the expensive homes built there, the twp. would be broke. Yep, we are in the middle of nowhere.
Ben
Ben
I attended a two room school for grades 1-6.
Grades 1-3 were in the "little" room and grades 4-6 were in the "big room." One teacher in each room.
Each room had a parlor stove and there was a coal shed outside. Kids in the back roasted while kids in the front sometimes wore their coats. Our mittens were dried on a rack beside the stove after recesses and lunch.
There were separate out houses for boys and girls.
In the morning our bus driver would get up and milk his cows. Then he would make his bus route. If it snowed, he might need to get up early to put the chains on the bus. In the afternoon, he would make his bus route again before again milking his cows. He would do his farm work between bus routes. He owned a small, very early Chevrolet 3100 series (?) bus with 235 engine, three and a granny. IMHO, putting synchronizers, let alone automatic transmissions, in school buses was a huge mistake.
Dean
Grades 1-3 were in the "little" room and grades 4-6 were in the "big room." One teacher in each room.
Each room had a parlor stove and there was a coal shed outside. Kids in the back roasted while kids in the front sometimes wore their coats. Our mittens were dried on a rack beside the stove after recesses and lunch.
There were separate out houses for boys and girls.
In the morning our bus driver would get up and milk his cows. Then he would make his bus route. If it snowed, he might need to get up early to put the chains on the bus. In the afternoon, he would make his bus route again before again milking his cows. He would do his farm work between bus routes. He owned a small, very early Chevrolet 3100 series (?) bus with 235 engine, three and a granny. IMHO, putting synchronizers, let alone automatic transmissions, in school buses was a huge mistake.
Dean
I went to a 4 room school house. Each teacher had 2 grades - after 8th grade you went to the consolidated high school. The school was owned by the local Catholic church and the local school district used it rent free and employed two nuns as teachers (enough to make the ACLU explode). My class had 7 kids, the class ahead and behind only had 3 each. In 1980 they closed the school and shipped everyone off to the next town.
Grades 1-8 were in a one room school - Grant Center #6 in NE South Dakota in the 50s. Had two in my grade and usually around 10 total in school with one teacher. Two outhouses, oil burner for heat, and the only running water is when getting water from the neighbor's hydrant (by the chicken coop) the geese spotted you and gave chase. Had about a three gallon galvanized pail with a lid (more sanitary with a lid) to get water. Didn't even know what a school bus was. Winter days the teacher would stay at the neighbors. When it was really cold the teacher would open the doors on the oil burner stove and we'd all sit around it to keep warm. About three miles up the road was a two room brick grade school that we thought was pretty high class.
When I was about nine or so, my arm was broken while at school. The teacher loaded all of us in her car and took me to the doctor in Milbank. Can't remember if we had a phone at school or if she called my parents from the doctor's office. Thinking back, it must have been quite a scene.
All in all, I think I probably had a better education than most kids get today.
When I was about nine or so, my arm was broken while at school. The teacher loaded all of us in her car and took me to the doctor in Milbank. Can't remember if we had a phone at school or if she called my parents from the doctor's office. Thinking back, it must have been quite a scene.
All in all, I think I probably had a better education than most kids get today.
Bryan inIowa
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My Mother taught one room school house in North dakota
J.Wondergem
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- Rockford, Mi.
I went to a one room school for nine years. One was for kindergarten. Went to high school by bus until the last year then drove my car. Grade school was two miles from home and walked or rode the bike eac day after chores.
TomA in CA
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Both my Grandmother and my Mom went to this school. I would have gone there for a few years until it closed but my family had moved to town by then.
http://www.seasideschool.org/
I did however spend many years under the thumb of the retired schoolteacher who taught there for 40 years. I helped her care for her property, an old hotel on 4 1/2 acres until she died at the age of 92 in 1994.
Seaside School
http://www.seasideschool.org/
I did however spend many years under the thumb of the retired schoolteacher who taught there for 40 years. I helped her care for her property, an old hotel on 4 1/2 acres until she died at the age of 92 in 1994.
Seaside School
I missed going to one by 2 years...The school that I would have gone to still stands 1/4th mile away from where it was built..A lady about 7 miles from me did a book on all the rural schools in our county..Several years ago I took 2 days and tracked down every school in the book and about half of then are still standing...Some are being lived in and some are ready to fall down..Heres a few pictures..
The first picture is the Mt Hope school that still stands 4 miles east of Lindsborg,KS....My Mom and all her family attended it from around 1915-1944..It was closed in 1965....My cousins cousin owns it and keeps it up..
The rest of the schools are all in Vernon County,MO..
The first picture is the Mt Hope school that still stands 4 miles east of Lindsborg,KS....My Mom and all her family attended it from around 1915-1944..It was closed in 1965....My cousins cousin owns it and keeps it up..
The rest of the schools are all in Vernon County,MO..
I went to a one room school in SE Il. It has been moved 10 miles north to the park in Fairfield Il. There were 16 of us when it closed. My Dad went there also. My grandfather went to a different building . There would just be one family going there now. 2 kids. There has been times when no one would be in the district. Our pictures and desks are still in it.
Wondering ages of some of you who went to a multi-class/room school. I've always assumed that I was probably one of the youngest to do that. Went to a 3 room school (6 grades, 2/room) for 1st and 2nd grade. I am 53 now.
The school is a local museum now, I found a photo on the web. Pic is the original building which held the 5th and 6th grade room and a tiny "library". There was a small single story block addition to the rear that was 2 classrooms, restrooms, and had a basement that served as our "gym".
Served me pretty well, heard all the 2nd grade lessons as a first grader. So once I was in 2nd grade the teachers saw that I was doing pretty well and I spent some of the day over in the 3-4 grade room. Family moved to another home (still within the same school district, but a modern school with 2-3 rooms per grade) when I was going to start 3rd grade. Went to class the first day and told the teachers that I had done everything they were telling us about already. They gave me some quizzes and sent me over to the 4th grade room. Took some additional quizzes and decided that I was good for 5th grade in most work. They developed something of a special program for me, which probably couldn't be done today.
Kirk
The school is a local museum now, I found a photo on the web. Pic is the original building which held the 5th and 6th grade room and a tiny "library". There was a small single story block addition to the rear that was 2 classrooms, restrooms, and had a basement that served as our "gym".
Served me pretty well, heard all the 2nd grade lessons as a first grader. So once I was in 2nd grade the teachers saw that I was doing pretty well and I spent some of the day over in the 3-4 grade room. Family moved to another home (still within the same school district, but a modern school with 2-3 rooms per grade) when I was going to start 3rd grade. Went to class the first day and told the teachers that I had done everything they were telling us about already. They gave me some quizzes and sent me over to the 4th grade room. Took some additional quizzes and decided that I was good for 5th grade in most work. They developed something of a special program for me, which probably couldn't be done today.
Kirk
Yes I also went to a one room school Mrs. Wilcox was the teacher. I was 27 years old in the 5th grade LOL Just joking. It seamed like I sat in the school house until it finally fell down. I wish I knew how to post pictures as I do have some before and after it fell down. Wood stove for heat ,out door back house and a well to carry water from. We all drank out of the same dipper and not one of us died from it. Try that now.
gtractorfan
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I started out in a 2 room school for a couple years, 6 grades in one room, 2 jr. hi. in another, then it was closed. Those were FUN days! Early 1950's.
Bill from Scotland
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Just turned 60 a couple of weeks ago, went to local country school during the 60's had to walk a mile each way in all waethers. School served the local area, had one teacher throughout my 7 years there who taught seven different classes all in the one room. Dont think it was a great system to be honest, found it a huge step up when I went to the big school, definately set me back for a couple of years.
Bill
Bill
All 8 grades in a one room brick school house that had a stage for our plays, speeches and other presentations and a library room. It is a nicely redone and well maintained home today. I went on to graduate High School and went to college many years later. My 4 years younger brother also went through all 8 grades there, High School, and then graduated from West Point. He went on to acquire two masters degrees in engineering and an MBA to boot. I thought that was an excellent showing for a school system that many were criticizing as being antiquated and out of date. I wish we could have had more books though.
I went to a one room school called Sulphur Springs, between Franklin and Alexander Il. I was out there about 3 years ago, and it is now a bean field, across the road from the cemetery. Untill this post I didn't realize, how much I don't remember about it. I think, I might have been in the 3 rd, and 4th grades when I went there. Older brother and I walked to school, and remember the deep snow that filled the road ditches, (but I am sure it was not uphill, both ways) Both years I went there , the teacher was an older woman named Stella Doolin, and handled all 8 grades. Really liked Mrs Doolin! Can't remember the stove, but I will bet it was coal. When the war was over, Dad moved us out of Jacksonville, and out to the old Buchanan homestead, a mile or so , from the school. The house and barn are both gone, and if it wasn't for finding the old pump and well, I would not have recognized the homestead.
Badger bob
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rossow mn that sounds a lot like Vincent IA? I know that theres some rossows around there. badger bob
David from Kansas
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Went for year and a half. District built new brick school house about a mile and a half from the one room. Both were along K-14 highway in southern Ellsworth County. K-14 was gravel road until about the 3rd grade. Went there thru 8th grade. One room school building was moved to Holyrood and is still there in good shape. I think it has only been used for storage since being moved. Had about 14-15 kids when I was there. Heated with coal burning stove, water well outside by school, outhouses. Fun times.
Dave Salway
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Went to a two room perocial 1 - 8 . One upper floor and a basemanet . Had
our own stage and kitchen too . One teacher taught everyone every subject .
Maybe 40 total students . When I went to local High school 1600 student I was
totally lost and had alot of problems but graduated and 2 years of college
later .
our own stage and kitchen too . One teacher taught everyone every subject .
Maybe 40 total students . When I went to local High school 1600 student I was
totally lost and had alot of problems but graduated and 2 years of college
later .
JimB2
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- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Went to a one room school with grades 1 to 8 with about 35 children and 1 teacher. Had to walk 3/4 of a mile each way. Some other students walked up to 4 miles. The school had a box stove for heat and a grade 8 boy was paid to come early and start the fire in the morning and bring wood from the woodshed and water from the well. It closed about 6 years after I graduated and everyone was bused to a new central school 14 miles away.
JimB
JimB
Ultradog MN
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I went to one for my first 6 years. After that they closed it and my little sisters finished grade school in town.
The baby boom was past it's peak, rural population was declining. Made little sense to keep all those country schools open with just a handful of students.
I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.
We played in the woods and field during recess, built snow forts and went sledding in the winter, played softball on sod and not blacktop and got the 3Rs
Hickory School in Aitkin MN
The building is still there but it has been a home since about 1968 or so.
The baby boom was past it's peak, rural population was declining. Made little sense to keep all those country schools open with just a handful of students.
I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.
We played in the woods and field during recess, built snow forts and went sledding in the winter, played softball on sod and not blacktop and got the 3Rs
Hickory School in Aitkin MN
The building is still there but it has been a home since about 1968 or so.
AzPeapicker
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Good Afternoon 1206 saw no
Being from around from Nevada ,Mo. Do you happen to know where Osiris , Mo. Was at . It was on Highway 97,detween Jerico Springs and El Darado Springs .
Its been gone for years , anyway I had 2 Brotherinlaws that went to a one room school there .
John Forrester
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Being from around from Nevada ,Mo. Do you happen to know where Osiris , Mo. Was at . It was on Highway 97,detween Jerico Springs and El Darado Springs .
Its been gone for years , anyway I had 2 Brotherinlaws that went to a one room school there .
John Forrester
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RandyB(MI)
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Went to one room school around 4th grade (1960 ish) K-8th. Probably about 30 kids in all. Stove in front/middle. One of the 3 8th graders was janitor and stove starter. We only lived 1/2 mile so wasn't bad walk. We started at city school, then went here and then later back to city school. Loved the country school. Field trips (volunteer parents) first day of all hunting seasons-OFF , outdoor johns and water. Great experience. A loss that will never be recovered. Kids learned about LIFE and not just books.
farmallstrong
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I went to a 2 room school. 1st.,2nd., & 3rd. in one room Mrs. Myers was the teacher. 4th., 5th., & 6th., in other room Mrs. Adams was the teacher. Each room had a big coal stove. Had outhouses we used until it got cold, then we could use the indoor bathroom. Each classroom had a water bucket with one dipper.
The name of the school was Fairview, it was in Mt. Pleasant Twp. Pa. ( Westmoreland Co.)
I remember being in 4th grade, we had a 1/2 day of school on a Friday. I lived less than a mile from school and on the walk home from school fire trucks passed us going toward the school. The school burned to the ground. They never found out what started the fire.
We finished the year at another school which we were bused to.
The name of the school was Fairview, it was in Mt. Pleasant Twp. Pa. ( Westmoreland Co.)
I remember being in 4th grade, we had a 1/2 day of school on a Friday. I lived less than a mile from school and on the walk home from school fire trucks passed us going toward the school. The school burned to the ground. They never found out what started the fire.
We finished the year at another school which we were bused to.
One room school, eight grades, twenty some students, coal fired boiler, drinking water carried in, two outhouses, neighbor lady drove her car as a bus for those who lived greater than 2 miles away. I walked/biked about 1.5 miles. I went for grades 1-3 and then they closed it. Paul
Hi John ,I live less than 25 miles from Osiris and I am down there at least once a month to eat at "Grandmas" ....Its a restaurant ran in a old farm house by the two daughters of the late Arch Walker whom had the general store there since the 1940's...The store only closed about 3 years ago....It was like stepping back in time..The store still stands and the old one room school is still across the road..
The 3rd picture down in my post is the Glade Springs one room school which is located 2 miles west of Grandmas....Grandmas is open on Friday evening and its all you can eat home cooking for $9.00 with drinks and dessert included..Its one of our favorite places...Its pictured above..
The 3rd picture down in my post is the Glade Springs one room school which is located 2 miles west of Grandmas....Grandmas is open on Friday evening and its all you can eat home cooking for $9.00 with drinks and dessert included..Its one of our favorite places...Its pictured above..
Brian G. NY
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' went to a one-room schoolhouse first five grades.
Only had to walk a half a mile but it was uphill and against the wind both ways. LOL
Seriously, I would like to know how many miles I walked backwards with my back to the cold west winds on my way home.
The school closed and it collapsed under the heavy snows of the winter of '58-'59 when there was no longer any heat in it to melt the snow off the roof.
We moved a smaller one-room school about 3 miles to the site a few years ago and use it as an exhibition for our historical society.
I did some research at the time and, as I recall, the heyday for one-room schools was 1928 in the US. They were generally built about 3 miles from one another which meant most kids walked about 1-1/2 miles to school. I found this to be true by locating the remaining schools and foundations in my area.
The little schoolhouse we moved didn't have a bell but the original school had a beautiful brass bell made in Troy, NY by the biggest bell maker in the US. A local carpenter volunteered to build a belfry downsized as small as possible and still accommodate the bell in the same style as the original belfry.
We are very proud of the results.
Only had to walk a half a mile but it was uphill and against the wind both ways. LOL
Seriously, I would like to know how many miles I walked backwards with my back to the cold west winds on my way home.
The school closed and it collapsed under the heavy snows of the winter of '58-'59 when there was no longer any heat in it to melt the snow off the roof.
We moved a smaller one-room school about 3 miles to the site a few years ago and use it as an exhibition for our historical society.
I did some research at the time and, as I recall, the heyday for one-room schools was 1928 in the US. They were generally built about 3 miles from one another which meant most kids walked about 1-1/2 miles to school. I found this to be true by locating the remaining schools and foundations in my area.
The little schoolhouse we moved didn't have a bell but the original school had a beautiful brass bell made in Troy, NY by the biggest bell maker in the US. A local carpenter volunteered to build a belfry downsized as small as possible and still accommodate the bell in the same style as the original belfry.
We are very proud of the results.
Bob Collins
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I went to two different one room schools first through fifth grades. One teacher for K-6 but the bigger kids helped the little ones and it worked well most days.
Doesn't count but I went to a 3 room school the last year before it was consolidated into town. An older couple owned two brand new school buses and drove for the school. They had am/fm radios in them and the wife would about run in the ditch trying to turn the radio up when "Harper Valley PTA" would come on. I now pastor a small church that was a one room school house until it was consolidated in 1949.
Paul from MI
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I went to a one room school, Morton School, Sharon Township, Richland County, Ohio, grades 1-6 for three years. It was then closed in 1953 and we went to school in town. The school building was used as a community center, and about 15 years ago it was restored as a school. Now kids from various school districts spend a day there to get the one-room experience, outhouses and all. We had an oil pot burner for heat. It was lighted with an oil soaked rag wound onto a straightened out coat hanger. No running water, it was carried from the neighboring farmers well. I don't know how to post a link, but this website will get you there. Dad went there in 1912-14 and I did from 1949-53. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmorshs/
Fawteen
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Yup, K through 4 at Boak School, Bengal Township, Clinton County, Michigan. 1955-1959.
Attendance got so low (not enough kids in the neighborhood) after 4th that we all got bused to St. Johns after that.
Had an oil furnace for heat but still had outhouses.
Attendance got so low (not enough kids in the neighborhood) after 4th that we all got bused to St. Johns after that.
Had an oil furnace for heat but still had outhouses.
buickanddeere
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Missed attending the same one room school my Father was a student in by two years.
That could have been my school....went from third to sixth...water from the shallow well with a hand pump for the inside crock. Two outhouses, thirteen kids in my last year, 2 in my class, one teacher, coal furnace in the back, red and black flag, a result of soot from the furnace. I did all the same things as you and learned a lot. Went sliding on my shoes on the neighbors pond, fell forward and cracked my left eye on the ice. Had a huge goose egg and two black eyes. Bawled all the way to school!! Teacher told me I'd live... Those were the days! Oh yea, walked a mile and a half to school, and loved every minute of it.
Irv
Irv
John Deere D
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Painting of School,my Mother, and her nine siblings attended. Built in 1930, last used as a community hall 1963.
I went to a one room school through the 4th grade.Grades were 1 through 6.The school closed after I finished the 4th grade.The building was used for scout meetings and the occasional party so it was pretty well maintained through the years.Electricity was on but not water.It had a BIG wood burning furnace in a rear corner of the room and it did a great job of keeping the place warm through the winter.Indoor plumbing less hot water.The outside latrines, still there but unused,were at the back of the woodshed which was attached to the back of the main building.
The school was only about a quarter of a mile from where I grew up and where I live today.Uphill only one way.
The building has been totally renovated,inside and out, by the people who own it and is beautiful!
The school was only about a quarter of a mile from where I grew up and where I live today.Uphill only one way.
The building has been totally renovated,inside and out, by the people who own it and is beautiful!
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