Rural school logistics of yesteryear - Monroe Times

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.

Rural school logistics of yesteryear

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.

L012823_Figi-column — 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.