Medina County High Schools - Mecoan Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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EB The Mecoonn eb History of York High School In 1898 a new school building was constructed to replace an old one room school in York Township. It was decided at this time that York should have the advantage of a High School and consequently Ralph Ran- dall who was then a teacher in this district and who had done much to build up this school, became the first Principal of York High School. He remained with the school for three years. In the school year of 1902-1903 the first High School orchestra was started under the supervision of Mr. Bounds, the principal. The first class graduated in 1900, in which there were only four members. In 1916 it was decided that a centralized school would be a great im- provement. In order to furnish sufficient room an addition was built which doubled the size of the building. In 1921 this school building was condemned and the High School lost it’s charter. The following year the students went to Medina High School. In the summer of 1922 a $60,000.00 building was erected and the High School received a first grade charter. By having a new building and all of it’s improvements, new subjects were taught and the number of students increased until it was necessary to increase the number of teachers from four to eight. This shows what twenty-five years can do for a High School. Present Enrollment First Grade 34 Second and Third Grade 45 Fourth and Fifth Grade 54 Sixth and Seventh Grade 38 Eighth Grade 11 High School 30 Total 212 Members of the York Township Board of Education H. R. Stone, President Dayton Faunce E. A. Gunkelman Louis Lance J. M. Spice C. E. Dickerman, Clerk Lehona Hance, Teacher Jeanne Seymour, Teacher Ruth Swanker, Teacher Mary Thompson, Teacher Ruth Cole, Teacher

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York Ray Bohl Ruth Cole Harold R. Rorick, Akron University Wooster College Supt. 0. w. u. Mary Fisher Mary Thompson Wooster College Kent

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UT7V §3 Tfec, Mecooii A Type of Transportation at Brunswick The pictures on this page illustrate the two types of transportation in Medina County. In Wadsworth 376 pupils are carried to school in the wagons shown. At Brunswick 143 are transported in the two busses shown. This is made possible by having each bus make two trips from the school center. Good roads and short wagon routes to the main paved highways make possible not only a cheaper but a quicker means of getting the children to school than would be the case were horse drawn vehicles depended upon. Transportation at the Wadsworth Centralized School Forty