The Wampler School was located about two miles north of Mayland in
Plains District on the road leading to New Market (currently Route
619-Wampler Road). The school was located on the west side of the
road a short distance north of the old Wampler cemetery and is
indicated as Wampler School #10 in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham
County. The land for the school was deeded to the Plains District
School Board on November 22, 1871 by Martin Wampler and wife, making
this school one of the earliest schools built after the beginnings of
the public school system. In an article in the October 21, 1954
edition of the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, Mr. Henry Holsinger
writes his recollections of the Wampler School. He lists a number of
teachers but does not indicate the specific dates that they taught at
the Wampler School. Some dates have been determined by examination of
teacher records. The Wampler School was closed in 1906 when it was
consolidated with the Newdale school into the new Concord School,
located just north of St. Paul's Church. Mr. Holsinger indicated that
the Wampler School burned some years after the school closed.
Teachers known to have taught at the Wampler School:
Claud Ritenour
Dick Ashby
Samuel Driver
John Wampler
Cora Gochenour
Mr. Abbott
Joseph W. Wampler
Perry Driver
Jacob Hoover
John S. Flory
Noah Crist
Ed Spitzer
All Spitzer
Rebecca Wampler
John G. Holsinger
John W. Holsinger
Rebecca Revers
Effie Driver (1905-06)
John Andes
Cora Driver (1902-03)
Effa Pulse (1904-05)
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