The History of Woodland School Based on the writing of Mrs. V.H. Sullivan
and prepared by Larry Deaton, Assistant Superintendent of the Fort Osage School District in September 1984
Woodland School was numbered District #54 in about 1910. At that time there were 100 schools in Jackson County. The name Woodland has no special significance except at the time the school was established the area had many trees.
Woodland was a one-room school, much the shape of our modern railroad boxcars, with three or four windows on the east side of the building and an equal amount on the west side----and only a door on the south side of the building with an adequate proch of concrete. The building was painted white. The ground, including the building site, was one-half of an acre in a square form. There were outside toilets built of wood, the one on the west side of the yard for girls and the one on the east side for the boys.
Inside the building some of the seats were large enough to seat two pupils. the desk the pupils were to use were attached to the seat of the one in front and often the pupil in front would jar the desk of the pupil behind them making a noise to the delight of the pupils. The school could comfortably seat 38 pupils in the room, but in the school year of 1921-1922, there were 41 pupils, so it required some adjusting.
and prepared by Larry Deaton, Assistant Superintendent of the Fort Osage School District in September 1984
Woodland School was numbered District #54 in about 1910. At that time there were 100 schools in Jackson County. The name Woodland has no special significance except at the time the school was established the area had many trees.
Woodland was a one-room school, much the shape of our modern railroad boxcars, with three or four windows on the east side of the building and an equal amount on the west side----and only a door on the south side of the building with an adequate proch of concrete. The building was painted white. The ground, including the building site, was one-half of an acre in a square form. There were outside toilets built of wood, the one on the west side of the yard for girls and the one on the east side for the boys.
Inside the building some of the seats were large enough to seat two pupils. the desk the pupils were to use were attached to the seat of the one in front and often the pupil in front would jar the desk of the pupil behind them making a noise to the delight of the pupils. The school could comfortably seat 38 pupils in the room, but in the school year of 1921-1922, there were 41 pupils, so it required some adjusting.