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Former teachers and students recall one-room school days, pot-belly stoves and feed-sack dresses
Summary
Oral histories played on the centennial program highlighted daily life in early Richland School District 2: one-room classrooms, slates and chalk, coal for pot-belly stoves, students walking long distances and community ties, former teachers and students said.
On the centennial program, Kathy Burris and other interviewees described early-school life in Richland School District 2, offering details about one-room classrooms, instructional routines and home life that shaped attendance and daily schedules.
Kathy Burris said the Little Red Schoolhouse was a one-room school that could be divided to teach multiple grades; teachers used slates and chalk, and…
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