LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
As an alumnus of one room schools, the recent article by Darlene Stevens concerning the one-room schools of the Medina Community really drew my interest. As the article said: “If walls could talk”? Please let me tell you just a little of what they might have heard.
I attended the Balcones (one-room) School located next to the Balcones Creek where it crosses the old Scenic Loop Road in Kendall County. Our school year began in late August when the mothers of next years students collectively decided it was time to kick things off and prepare the school for learning. There were no janitors or maintenance people, so everything was done by the families of the students. We had one wonderful teacher that ensured we learned what we needed to know. She was responsible for routine maintenance and cleanup, keeping the fire going in the wood stove in the winter, and of course student discipline. After the mothers did the initial cleaning, it was up to the students, with close guidance from our teacher, to make sure everything was up to par.
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