Can anyone tell me about the sschool calendar for towns in Kansas in 1882-1883? Specifically, when did the school year begin and when did it end? And what...
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Philip
lessdigits71
Oct 2, 2008 9:45 pm
Hello Folks, Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I live in Three Oaks, Michigan,where we are fortunate to still have 2 one room schoolhouses still...
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Philip
lessdigits71
Oct 2, 2008 9:48 pm
... photo page,under Misc....
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Fay Stone
stonefuwplatt
Oct 3, 2008 9:46 pm
My husband has been very active on our Town Board and they do have powers. But it should NOT be just the Chairman who determines what gets done. I suggest you...
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Virginia Hollowell
vdrhvdrh
Oct 4, 2008 5:03 pm
Some states have "grandfathered" their historical buildings so they do not have to "meet code" in all respects....of course there are items that would...
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suthoff@...
robansuefarm
Oct 9, 2008 1:39 am
Bill Sherman asked me to forward on the following message. Sarah Uthoff From: Alice Johnson <alaskaalice@...> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:12:45 -0500 To:...
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Carole Shmurak
cshmurak
Oct 9, 2008 1:41 am
No one seemed to have the answer to my previous question about school calendar, but I'm going to try a different question: Does anyone know, or know where I...
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brian osborne
itstheoz
Oct 9, 2008 1:41 am
i moved my school house 40 miles when i went for the building permit i told him it was a1800s school house / shed, i was told to put that on the permit to...
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Michael Mescher
vmescher
Oct 9, 2008 12:26 pm
I don't know how accurate the reference would be but Laura Ingalls Wilder went to school and taught in a rural school in the 1880s. You might want to check in...
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Pamela Stover
schoolmarm79
Oct 9, 2008 1:27 pm
Carole, Have you checked the Kansas One-Room School homepage? There is a ton of info there. Also, I used the state rural curriculum guide from the 1920s (I ...
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Mark L Shanks
living-history
Oct 10, 2008 5:56 am
Carol: While I can not say with absolute assurance that Kansas did not have a state-wide curriculum in the 1880s, I do know that was not the case in the early...
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Carole Shmurak
cshmurak
Oct 13, 2008 10:46 pm
Thanks to all who gave me suggestions as to where to look. I'm going to track down those sources and sites. Carole Shmurak writing as Carroll Thomas The Matty...
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robansuefarm
Oct 23, 2008 1:11 am
We were talking about grants at the Iowa workshop. As the first step to getting a grant is knowing about it, I'd like to kick off a round of posts were you...
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robansuefarm
Oct 23, 2008 1:13 am
The Grant Institute's Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, December 3 - 5, 2008. Interested development...
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Leigh Ann
johctyhistscty
Oct 23, 2008 6:33 pm
Here are some of the grants we have received to help us with building, collection, and programming projects for the Coralville School. Iowa Country School...
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robansuefarm
Nov 8, 2008 3:53 pm
If you want to develop more expertise in your work as a museum educator and live within driving distance of Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb,...
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robansuefarm
Nov 18, 2008 2:24 pm
One of the things I've been looking for awhile now is a documented one- room school lunch basket. They were mentioned in ads, but never with an image. I have...
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Susan
scfineman
Nov 19, 2008 1:28 am
... one- ... Thata' a beauty. I recently purchased a lunch basket in a NH antique store and put it in our schoolhouse just last week! I will go photograph it...
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Fay Stone
stonefuwplatt
Nov 20, 2008 12:55 am
In our area of the midwest, we have never found that baskets were used for kids school lunches, although they were used for about everything, and could have...
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itstheoz
Nov 24, 2008 3:46 am
when i was taking my school apart to take it home i found this piece of chalk i did alot of reserch and found out it was mined red chalk im quite sure they...
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daspeer66
Nov 24, 2008 3:46 am
I am new to this chat room, but I hope I can contribute and learn a lot here. Have you heard of the Towner Bus Tragedy? My mother was the Clara Smith the...
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Brook Beta
Nov 24, 2008 3:47 am
A great new mapping effort. We're looking for people to post information regarding any old one room type schoolhouses that you know of in and around New...
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suthoff@...
robansuefarm
Nov 24, 2008 4:11 am
Let me backtrack a little, I'm not claiming that people only used baskets. In my research on school lunch I found quite a few references to the baskets, ...
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Susan
scfineman
Dec 1, 2008 2:50 am
Dear BB: I'm not sure if this is redundant information since I don't know what county you're from, but I just took a tour of nine schoolhouses in Burlington...
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Sarah Uthoff
robansuefarm
Dec 11, 2008 3:03 pm
Take a look at this article (no log-in needed). Once again the old saw is raising its ugly head that you can consolidate your way out of any school problem....
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jan half
jandot5
Dec 12, 2008 9:07 am
Effective immediately, my new email is jandot5@.... Thank you. Jan Half, MOUSE Squad of CA (MSCA) Student Tech Program Director, www.ca.mousesquad.org ...
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itstheoz
Dec 12, 2008 11:32 pm
most older people i talked to that went to a one room school there teacher was mean,this man i was talking to said the teacher would walk past them at random...
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Fay Stone
stonefuwplatt
Dec 14, 2008 9:11 pm
I'm sure there were mean teachers at some time in every schoolroom, but these are often 'tales' from the children. You can believe that unless they were really...
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Leigh Ann
johctyhistscty
Dec 24, 2008 12:26 am
Hi! We are replacing the inside entranceway (cloakroom) door mats at our 1876 school and wondered if anyone had a suggestion/supplier of something that might...
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daspeer@...
daspeer66
Dec 24, 2008 12:26 am
I am remember my parents talking about some teachers that had done some of the things that you mention; however, I think this was probably stories about...
