The Penn Laird school was located on the Rockingham Turnpike (U. S. 33) in the eastern part of Central District. The Penn Laird school was moved to a site near the C & W Railroad in 1910. The original building was a one-room building ( a vacant house) placed at Penn Laird to respond to the educational needs of a growing community. Land for the school was deeded to the Central District School Board in 1910 by T. P. Yager and wife. The only other school near Penn Laird had been the Cross Roads school, which was located at the intersection of the Rockingham Turnpike (U. S. 33) and the road to Keezletown (now Indian Trail Road). This school was closed when the Penn Laird School was opened. With the coming of the railroad, Penn Laird became a growing community. By the fall of 1912, it was necessary to add a second room to the Penn Laird school. The school continued as a two-teacher school until 1933, when a drop in school population reduced the school to a one-teacher school. The Penn Laird school was closed in 1936. Teachers known to have taught at Penn Laird are:
1909-10 Myrtle Earman
1910-12 (two sessions) Ocie O. Armentrout
1912-14 (two sessions) Ocie Armentrout, Frances E.Sibert
1914-15 Mabel Liskey,Nettie M. Bryant
1915-16 L. S. Wampler, Nettie M. Bryant
1916-17 L. S. Wampler, Myrtle Earman
1917-18 Myrtle Earman, Edith L. Moore (2 1/2 months)
1918-19 Frances Thompson, Miriam Shipley
1919-20 Virginia Cline, Ethel R. Collier
1920-21 Ethel R. Collier, Fleta Hinegardner
1921-23 (two sessions) R. M. Huffman, Ruth Showalter
1923-24 J. R. Coffman, Ruth Showalter
1924-25 J. R. Coffman, Bernice Miller
1925-26 Mrs. C. M. Chumbley, Elizabeth Biller
1926-27 Mrs. C. M. Chumbley, Margaret Life
1927-28 Mrs. C. M. Chumbley, Violet C. Long
1928-29 G. D. Life, Mrs. C. M. Chumbley
1929-30 Evangeline Jones, Mrs. John Spitzer
1930-31 Hazel I. Moore, Mrs. John Spitzer
1931-33 (two sessions) Stanley A. Knupp, Alda M. Huffman
1933-34 Evelyn Blose
1934-35 Anita W. Koontz
1935-36 Anita W. Koontz
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