AREA HISTORY:  Public Schools, Fairview Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS – Page 645

Fairview Township was one of the seven districts of York County that at once 
accepted the provisions of the act of 1834, establishing the common school 
system.  Samuel Prowell, who was sent as the delegate to represent the township 
in the first convention which met in York to take action in the matter, cast the 
first affirmative vote of that body.  There were but six other delegates voted 
in favor of accepting the system.  This occurred in May, 1835.

There are now fourteen schools, with the following names:  Walnut Grove, 
Prowell’s Cross Roads, Marsh Run, Oak Grove, Hickory Grove, Cedar Grove, Brick, 
Navoo, South Point, Locust Grove, Pinetown, and at New Market two – a primary 
and grammar school.

For 1885 the school board was composed of the following named members:  John G. 
Brenneman, president; D. M. Fisher, secretary; Wendell Rehm, treasurer; Samuel 
B. Hoff, Abraham Reiff, Martin Kauffman.