 |
Bargaintown School and class c. 1910 |
Egg Harbor Township has a long tradition of providing good schools for our children. During the late nineteenth century most of our communities had their own neighborhood schools. Each were centrally located in the community so that the children could walk from their homes every day. Each school had a bell tower with a large bell that would toll a few minutes before the children were due to enter. Parents nearby could also hear the bell and would hurry any late children out the door and send them on their way.
This school had a large central classroom that accommodated all classes from first through eighth and beyond to the advanced classes, grades nine through twelve, that we now call high school. Many times the older students would assist the teacher by teaching the younger ones. Reading, writing and arithmetic were the primary lessons, but literature and history were also taught. Each classroom had a picture of our first president, George Washington, hanging on the wall, as if watching all the children.
 |
Bargaintown School c.1904
(Mouse over photo to see original Bargaintown Classroom)
|
Shown to the left of the school is a fence in the rear which surrounds the Privy.
After this school was shut down, it was converted into our Town Hall and was used to hold meetings by the Local Grange club.
In later years the building was torn down to make room for our new Town Hall, the one we have today.
|
