…former Assistant Superintendent of York County Schools Scott W. Knaub. Born in Windsor Township, Knaub attended rural schools and then York County Academy and Millersville State Teachers’ College. He started…
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Chanceford Township, one of first in York County to open one-room schools, one of last to close them
…square miles. That isn’t a lot of schools for so large an area, so many students had a substantial walk to school. The article also states: “When the new school’s…
Did you know that people from other school districts used to send their children to the York City schools, even though they had to pay tuition? Even more surprising is…
…in the community. As my recent York Sunday News column (see below) shows, the schools were utilized to distribute ration books during World War II. Remembering York County schools during…
…dedicated on August 31, 1958. The program gives a history of public education in Chanceford Township. Many school districts were consolidating their one-room schools into modern elementary schools during the…
…late 1950s. Chanceford Township was one of the last to close their one-room schools, as the new Chanceford Township elementary school didn’t open until September 1958. Children attended one-room schools…
…blackboard still intact. Click the links for more on York County’s rural schools: 1855 book spelled out school plans and much more. Listing of York County rural schools from 1943….
…higher than they were tall. See below for my recent York Sunday News column and find out why, although they may have been different in material, the schools were very…
Wills School interior According to Prowell’s History of York County, Pennsylvania, the population of Lower Windsor Township in 1900 was 2,649. There were 15 schools to educate the township children….
…Shenk’s Ferry and Brogue. I attended two of those schools, Glen Allen (also known as Hake’s) and Brogue before my family moved to Windsor Township, which had consolidated their schools…