The Capon Run School was located on the east side of the road from Broadway to Mathias (currently State Route 259) near the West Virginia line. (at Highland Retreat). It is shown as school #29 on Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. The date of construction of the first school is unknown but it is listed in Plains District School Board minutes of 1882 and mentioned by Superintendent George Hulvey in his description of a visit to the schools of northwest Rockingham County in November of 1886. He indicates that Siram May was the teacher at Capon Run.

In 1910 a new school was constructed on land deeded to the Plains District School Board by Benjamin Moyers and wife (deed dated October 20, 1910) This school served the area until the end of the 1934-35 school session.

Teachers known to have taught at Capon Run were:

1886-87 Siram May
1887-1908 teachers unknown
1908-09 H. A. Halterman
1909-10 Ada D. Wittig
1910-11 Ivy Weaver
1911-12 Edna Rodeffer (replaced by Ottie Wine 1/6/12)
1912-15 (three sessions) Benjamin Moyers
1915-16 Dora Turner
1916-17 Lotus Harris
1917-19 (two sessions) Gussie Shipe
1919-20 Grant Souder
1920-21 Geneva Halterman
1921-22 Grant Souder
1922-23 (unknown)
1923-24 Minnie Holsinger
1924-25 (unknown)
1925-26 H. A. Halterman
1926-27 Ben Lantz
1927-29 (two sessions) Grace Halterman
1929-30 Elizabeth Showalter
1930-31 Ruth A. Harman
1931-32 John D. Burkholder, Jr
1932-33 J. Galen Wampler
1933-34 (not opened)
1934-35 J. Galen Wampler

The Capon Run School closed in 1935



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