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Rural school logistics of yesteryear
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This early photo of an unknown school, the students, and their teacher came from the collection of Ron Disch. It shows a well house behind the students from which they would carry water inside the school. The job of those early teachers was not an easy one.
I shared with you in May 2022 what it was like to be a teacher in the rural schools of Green County during the 1950s, when many of us were students. This week I will explain some of the different experiences that the earlier teachers had to deal with.