Graded School, Greenwood, Miss.

New School House

The City Council should see to it that a new school house is provided before the beginning of the next session of the public school. The present building is inadequate, unsuited, unfit for the purposes for which it is used. It should never have been built, but the Council was over persuaded by some of our prominent parsimonious citizens who were after avoiding tax paying, and this old makeshift is the result. Let arrangements be made at once for building a schoolhouse this summer.

From the Greenwood Commonwealth, March 16, 1900

Greenwood is to have a handsome public school building. All praise to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. It is a matter which the writer has been working for years. There is not anything which adds more to the real worth of a city than good educational facilities.

From the Greenwood Commonwealth, May 11, 1900

The New School Building

We had the pleasure, the other day, of looking over the plans of the new school building. This building, when completed, will make a magnificent two story structure of brick and stone. The first floor will be made into six classrooms, offices, hallways, vestibules and corridors. On the second floor, there will be a large chapel or auditorium, two classrooms and libraries. The foundation plans shows furnace rooms and two play rooms, one for the boys and one for the girls. The building will be heated, lighted and ventilated according to the advanced ideas of health and comfort. Every classroom will have cloak rooms adjoining, and the rooms are all large and commodious. Without a doubt Greenwood is soon to have the finest school building in the State.

From the Greenwood Commonwealth, June 15, 1900

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