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one-room schoolhouse
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one-room schoolhouse
A school in which all elementary-grade students were once taught in a single room. Such schools were common in sparsely populated areas before the 20th century; many had a bell at the ridge of the roof for summoning students at the start of the school day.


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Fishbein grew up first in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and moved with his family in 1920 to farm in Willimantic Connecticut where he completed high school in a one-room school house.
Also slated for closure at the end of the academic year is Lundy Elementary, which serves nine students in a one-room school on Mount Charleston.
The present structure at Vasilis Michaelides street in the centre of Limassol stands on the site of the initial one-room school built in 1951.
 
 
 
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