MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS

MUSEUM PROGRAM SUNDAY TO LOOK AT ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS

In 1950, 75 years ago, 3,295 school districts were scattered across South Dakota. An overwhelming majority of these were small one-room rural school districts. By 1970, just 20 years later, only 287 districts remained. The one-room schools that dotted the rural landscape had closed, absorbed by city school districts. The dramatic drop was the result of a statewide move to reorganize and consolidate South Dakota’s schools and the closures ended...