The Newbury Centralized School

Part I of Essay
was an important part of Newbury in 1930. This was an important year for the community because it was the first year of the Centralized School. The school had a rough start but in the end it came out as a superb school. The school building itself was a quality building ....

Part II of Essay
.... One of the reasons is that the community did not want to pay for the school. At first, in 1925, the future school’s price was calculated at $85,000. This calculation was reached by an architect, whose name was Walter A. Rabold, was hired by the Board of Education to draw up plans and reach an estimate (Bottger Newbury’s One Room Schools) . This price was beyond what the community was willing to pay for it. They were unwilling to pay as proof shown by a vote which the Board held in May of 1925 for the community. The people of the to ....