Johnson County MO Archives History - Schools .....Woodland School,Johnson County, Missouri 1881
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Woodland School,No. 19, township47,range 24, section 27, is one of the best in 
the township.The present was put up in the year 1876.It is a frame,24x36; 
ceiling, 12 feet high.It is comfortably seated, and furnished with good school 
apparatus, all of which is well cared for.The building cost $900.A beautiful
grove surrounds the house, enclosed by a wire fence.A deep interest is felt 
among the patrons, and they have generally employed good teachers, at wages 
ranging from $40 to $50 per month.The Old Woodland school-house built in 1866, 
at private expense, was 18 by 22.The present directors are:John E. 
Robinson,C.T. Ogelsby,and J.T. Oglesby,and Mrs. E.D. McCormack, teacher.Upward 
of sixty pupils attend school.
The following is a list  of teachers: J. Sparrowkawk,L. Hocker,Jr.,W.H. 
James,David Goode, F. Martin,G.W. Couch,two terms,A. J. Sparks,three 
terms,S.N. Wheeler,two terms,Dolly Stringfield,Jenny Leake,W.S. Wheeler,and 
Alice Langston.

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