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Nathan Parshall, an educated carpenter, taught the first group of prospective scholars. wk 5? iw .W , This little red school- house was the seat of many important hap- penings in the 1830's. gn 'M athan Parshall, a shiftless carpenter, held the first class in a back room of the Wagar home in 1829. He was quickly replaced by a succession ' of traveling teachers who taught the Three R's to aspiring stu- dents. School Was held only two or three months a year, and the boys stopped going when they were old enough for farm Work. In 1871, the citizens met and Voted for the first separate school district of Rockport. Meanwhile the old school house, built about 1830, was seeing its last spell- ing bees and singing schools, for the small structure could not fill the Page 10
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Ill Q FEI Iii! The first high school was housed on the second iioor of this building. Headmaster was Mr. Will Lippert. needs of the growing community. The seat of learning was therefore moved to the red brick building which is now the Board of Education. Over the entrance may still be seen the inscription, East Rockport Central School, 187 9. In addition to reading, spelling, and writing, no scholar was required to study more than two of the following subjects: geography, arithmetic, and grammar. The marks ranged from one to five, and if Johnny went home with a grade of one, he saw the inside of the family woodshed. In 1882 the first high school was instituted in the same building under the princi- Page 11
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