Model School


The Model School was located on what is now Route 640 north of McGaheysville. The land for the Model School was deeded to the Stonewall District School Board on November 30, 1878 by A. J. Johnson and wife. The Model School was a one-room frame building which served its community until it was closed in 1938.

Teachers known to have taught at Model School:

1881-82 George W. Slusser
1882-83 George W. Slusser
1884-85 Mary A. Gibbons
1885-86 George W. Slusser
1887-88 Peter A. Wyant
1888-89 Minnie Mauzy
1889-90 George W. Slusser
1890-92 (two sessions) Kittie Condor
1892-93 Charles D. Wyant
1893-95 (two sessions) George W. Slusser
1895-96 Florence E. Leap
1896-97 George W. Slusser
1897-98 R. P. Blosser
1898-99 Willie B. Ogg
1899-1906 (seven sessions) E. L. Lambert
1906-07 Ernest Sheppe
1907-08 (unknown)
1908-09 (unknown)
1909-10 (unknown)
1910-11 Beulah Offenbacker
1911-12 Ruth McGahey
1912-13 Dora Coffman
1913-14 (unknown)
1914-15 Bertie Mundy
1915-21 (six sessions) Mrs. C. M. Coffman
1921-22 Mrs. J. A. Leap
1922-23 Mae Wade
1923-25 (two sessions) Lessie Tutwiler
1925-26 Christine Stover
1926-27 Virginia M. Rankin
1927-37 (ten sessions) Laura Lam
1937-38 Margie Carickhoff




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