Did You Know?: Back To School

August is here and that means a new school year is just around the corner (seriously, where did the summer go?!). In this month's edition of "Did You Know?!" Sales and Leasing Consultant, Tim Hoyt, reminisces on his early education.

As I watch the new grade school grow on Illini Drive, it's easy to reflect on my past grade school days...

Did you know?

• My generation was the last group that received the first seven years of education (Kindergarten-sixth) at one location?
• I attended Lincoln Grade School
• When I started fourth grade, the school district was just beginning to run bus services to all four grade schools

After talking to my long time customer, Jerry Ryan, I started thinking about how the school district has evolved over the years. Jerry was kind enough to provide me with a list of the various DeWitt County grade schools in 1935 broken down by township. Here's how it looked:

Waynesville: 1.) Prairie Creek  2.) Waynesville  3.) Maple Grove  4.) Fairview  5.) Columbia  6.) Rock Creek

Wapella: 1.) Alexander  2.) Burr Oak  3.) Harrold Point  4.) Liberty  5.) Progress  6.) Wapella

Wilson:  1.) Enterprise  2.) Mooreville  3.) Imperial  4.) Heidelberg  5.) Brittin  6.) Cain

Rutledge:  1.) Fuller  2.) Vance  3.)Turner  4.) Woods  5.) Parnell

Santa Anna:  1.) Smith  2.) Weedman  3.) Greenleaf  4.) Black  5.) Bracken  6.) Glendale  7.) Farmer City

DeWitt:  1.) DeWitt  2.) Rosencrans  3.)Yankeetown  4.) Bosserman  5.) Spring Hill  6.) Swigart  7.) Excelsior

Harp:  1.) Thorp  2.) Davenport  3.) Swisher  4.) Barngrover  5.) Birkbeck  6.) Walnut Grove  7.) Excelsior  8.) Charter Oak  9.) Eureka

Clintonia:  1.) Dewey  2.) Spidel  3.) Clinton  4.) Hampleman  5.) Prairie Center 

Barnett:  1.) West Hull  2.) Elm Grove  3.) Brown  4.) Tabor  5.) West Central  6.) Green Valley  7.) Midland City  8.) Hallsville  9.) Bowles

Tunbridge:  1.) Wallace  2.) Tunbridge  3.) Old Hallsville  4.) Kenney  5.) Kirby  6.) Union  7.) Round Top  8.) Trowbridge  9.) Stoutenborough

Texas:  1.) Burns  2.) Hill  3.) Science Hill  4.) Texas  5.) Lane Ospur  6.) Blue  7.) Randall  8.) Willow HIll

Creek: 1.) Lawerence Weldon  2.) Smallwood  3.) Miller  4.) Lane  5.) Central  6.) Cox  7.) White Pigeon  8.) Union  9.) Shiloh

Nixon:  1.) Twist  2.) Reed  3.) Wantwood  4.) Weldon  5.) Champion  6.) Prairie View  7.) Lincoln

Can you believe how much things have changed?! 

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