Ruth,
We had a one room stand alone building that was part of our property in
Pomfret and used until the early 60's.   By the way, Al Novik (my eldest
son's godfather) passed away recently and a friend refreshed me on the
shooting incident I referenced at some earlier time.  Al's lover was
first selectman of Marlboro (not mayor of Bratt) and his name was,
ironically, Harold Makepeace.  He shot, and killed Al's new and much
younger lover and then was re-elected first selectman during the
investigation.
Hail to the chief...
Leland

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John,  Sadly not many, kids got a great education in the old one-room
schoolhouses but now it's economy of scale.  It's more efficient to have
a whole lot of kids studying the same thing than 10 kids in 8 grades all
using different text.  Where is she teaching?  I think most of the ones
left are up north.  Ruth




At 10:23 PM -0500 4/18/05, John Callan wrote:
>Ruth,
>
>I've been told that my niece is teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in
>Vermont.  Stories about children tend to get romanticized, but assuming

>this one is true, just how many of them one-room schools are open for
>business these days?
>
>-jc
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