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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Prior
to 1869 all schools in Dawson County were housed in local
churches.
Reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught in conjunction with that
church's religious orientation. By 1878, there were 27 schools in
the
county - the majority of which continued to meet in local
churches.
Between 1878 and 1879, many more schools began to meet in the one room
log schoolhouse. As time passed, the log schoolhouse became
obsolete.
From the log school building, to a cement block building, to a
limestone building, destroyed by fire and replaced by a slate stone
building - also destroyed by fire - to a building worth more than
$2,000,000 and as of Thanksgiving 1997 a new 150,000 square foot $11
million brick building; from 27 schools in 1878 to 6 in 1998, from 5
months of school in 1901 meeting in more than 5 sessions, to 9 months
of school meeting in 1 session from September to June; from less than
250 students system wide in 1878 to approximately 3,600 students in
2007 . . . . the Tiger has survived.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 March 2007 )
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