The Sandy Bottom School was one of three one-room schools in the
Simmons Gap area east of Elkton and south of Swift Run. (See also
Beldor and Roadside Schools). Sandy Bottom opened in 1887 and was one
of the last one-room schools to close in the eastern part of
Rockingham County, closing upon the completion of Elkton High School
in 1958. The Sandy Bottom School was located along Mill Creek on the
first road leading east from the Simmon's Gap Road.
Teachers known to have taught at Sandy Bottom are:
1887-89 (two sessions) P. A.Wyant
1889-91 (two sessions) Mary E. Shippe
1891-92 E. W. Shippe
1892-93 Ada Powell
1893-94 J. S. Eaton
1894-96 (two sessions) Bettie E. Baugher
1896-97 E. L. Lambert
1897-98 A. T. Powell
1898-99 F. J. Wyant
1899-1900 K. H. Andrew
1900-01 Daisy Shipp
1901-02 Sallie G. Leap
1902-03 S. J. Pence
1903-04 Miss Stanton
1904-07 (three sessions) F. J. Wyant
1907-11 (four sessions) S. J. Pence
1911-12 (unknown)
1912-13 Ruth Funkhouser
1913-14 Edith Roadcap
1914-15 Elinor C. Wheat
1915-18 (three sessions) Mary E. Alexander
1918-19 Anne Thomas
1919-20 (school not opened)
1920-21 Fannie Allen
1921-22 Sallie H. Mister
1922-23 Drucilla Dofflemyer
1923-24 Mrs. A. T. Powell
1924-25 D. B. Seal
1925-26 Evangeline Jones
1926-28 (two sessions) Lillie Long
1928-29 Kathleen Hughes
1929-31 (two sessions) M. Elizabeth Cox
1932-36 (four sessions) Margaret Mauzy
1936-37 Rose A. Thacker
1937-42 (five sessions) Mrs. W. C. Voorhees
1942-44 (two sessions) Carolyn R. King
1944-58 (fourteen sessions) Mrs. Clarice P. Meadows
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