school days

 

Throughout the South Plains are scattered the remains-- whether partial walls, foundations or bricks uncovered by plows-- of country schools.  In Texas in 1935–1936 there were 6,953 school districts, including 5,938 common school districts. The State Board of Education commissioned school district consolidation with the financial support of the Works Progress Administration [WPA] (Journal of Texas Public Education, Vol. 1, Winter 1993, p. 51, TASB). My alma mater, New Deal, was the result of the combining of Grovesville, Caldwell, Center and Monroe Schools.