It is doors? Really?

Cog: It is doors? Really?

C'mon. it(HUGE FARKING APOSTROPHE)7am on a Sunday. Do you really care that much?

LaChanz: C'mon. it(HUGE FARKING APOSTROPHE)7am on a Sunday. Do you really care that much?

Its important.

Ok. I was asleep when they were discussing possessive pronouns in class.

LaChanz: Ok. I was asleep when they were discussing possessive pronouns in class.

You should of got you're money back.

Last One Left: LaChanz: Ok. I was asleep when they were discussing possessive pronouns in class.

You should of got you're money back.

I see what you did there.

/spelling nazi

And now the kids can get bussed to a remote school, where they'll be ignored by teachers in their overcrowded classes.

Government services FTW !!

The decision to close the school was based on quality of education rather than the cost of running a school with a dwindling student body.


Least not we be accused of fiscal responsibility

It was really tough on the teacher, because of the two boys she didn't want to sleep with either of them.

skinink: It was really tough on the teacher, because of the two boys she didn't want to sleep with either of them.

Win.

Are those field lines from the power lines in the picture of the school?

FTFA:

The decision to close the school was based on quality of education

Also FTFA, the proof of that decision:

"I need for you to clean up your mess and to get your desk cleaned out also," teacher Joyce Lessard is saying. "I'm just cleaning some stuff out and -- last day of school. Tomorrow I get to sleep in for the rest of my life until I go back to Greenville."

When I first came, there was only seven of us.

Airfoilsguy: The decision to close the school was based on quality of education rather than the cost of running a school with a dwindling student body.


Least not we be accused of fiscal responsibility

Maybe they were just trying to imply the teacher was shiat...

I was going to go fishing, I still am I suppose, but I saw this...

How odd? It was just two days ago when I was asking the missus if she could think of any one room schoolhouses open anywhere. I assured here that, somewhere in the United States, there must be such a critter. Turns out that there was, it was right here in Maine.

I guess I can't say that there *is* any more to my knowledge, it didn't seem a subject worthy of research and I had no cell reception at the time as I was out fishing, but it is good to know that there was and that there might be more. I think I'm turning into an anti-human or anti-civilization type of person. Big cities suck and, generally, so don't their schools.

UnspokenVoice: Turns out that there was, it was right here in Maine.
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vermont's got some.

I'd like to know why they need a teacher's aide and a janitor for only two students and one room.

MemeSlave: And now the kids can get bussed to a remote school, where they'll be ignored by teachers in their overcrowded classes.

Government services FTW !!

Greenville's Elementary school has approximately 120 students for K-5. I don't see it getting too crowded too quickly. . .


UnspokenVoice: I was going to go fishing, I still am I suppose, but I saw this...

How odd? It was just two days ago when I was asking the missus if she could think of any one room schoolhouses open anywhere. I assured here that, somewhere in the United States, there must be such a critter. Turns out that there was, it was right here in Maine.

I guess I can't say that there *is* any more to my knowledge, it didn't seem a subject worthy of research and I had no cell reception at the time as I was out fishing, but it is good to know that there was and that there might be more. I think I'm turning into an anti-human or anti-civilization type of person. Big cities suck and, generally, so don't their schools.

I'm pretty sure there's still a few around Maine. Once you start to head into Aroostook county and whatnot, you're left mostly with very small towns and unincorporated townships. You also have some of the smaller inhabited islands off the coast. I recall visiting a school very similar about 10 years when I was still in school.

MemeSlave: And now the kids can get bussed to a remote school, where they'll be ignored by teachers in their overcrowded classes.

Government services FTW !!

Greenville has about 1600 people.

Have you ever even been to Maine, or to northern New England in general? "Overcrowded" is a word that does not apply up here.

/grew up in northern VT
//graduating class had 18 people
///yes, that was a public school

Here is their yearbook

UnspokenVoice: I was going to go fishing, I still am I suppose, but I saw this...

How odd? It was just two days ago when I was asking the missus if she could think of any one room schoolhouses open anywhere. I assured here that, somewhere in the United States, there must be such a critter. Turns out that there was, it was right here in Maine.

There are still such things. the link I found says that "there are 85 to 100 currently operating one-room schools in Montana". I've seen a few of them myself.

UnspokenVoice: Big cities suck and, generally, so don't their schools.

I saw what you did their

I wonder how much that teacher makes.... or made =/

I went to a one-room schoolhouse as a kid, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

The decision to close the school was based on quality of education rather than the cost of running a school with a dwindling student body.

Two last students is kinda way past "dwindling" wouldn't you say?

They have to sell their school bus to the local history museum too:

huh? wha?

To those who responded, thanks. The one visited here in Maine might have been the Norlands which is a museum in a way, it is a living history center and, as such, has no real students nor are the people "living" there really without water and electricity and such. If you look under the faucet that has a pump you can find a real tap. (I had a car have radiator issues right in that very spot.)

Meanwhile. No fishies so far. I did get a giant stick and, oddly, some rope that appeared far too large for anything on the Sandy River. I think I should go catch a couple where I know there are fish, so...

As someone who attended a 2-room school (grades 1-3 in one classroom/4-6 in the other) back when I was a young'un, this makes me sad. Fall Creek Elementary had 2 classrooms, a tiny trailer for the principal when she was visiting (she shared her duties between our school & Goshen Elementary) and a playground. No cafeteria and no gym, but we had a playground.

That house has some serious aliasing going on

I came here for the obligatory "a boy crossing his legs like that at age 8 isn't going to be sleeping with ANY of his FEMALE teachers" comments, and I was disappointed.

I too went to a one room school (K-8). During my time there, attendance ranged from about 20 kids to 5. I think I received a better education than what my kids are receiving.