HISTORICAL INFORMATION

(November 12, 2020) NEWS – Schools

Source: Angola Herald 2 July 1890 Wed p 2

There are 198 schools in Montgomery County and only 192 persons holding teachers’ license. Of the 72 applicants for a teachers’ license at the last examination in Montgomery County 50 failed; one was given a license for three years; two for two years; 15 for one year and six for six months.

1901 and on! The person listed as the Principal was the teacher of the high school classes. Sometimes they had an assistant who taught the juniot high classes or taught certain classes in the high school.

Trustees were elected officials and had almost total control of the schools. The trustees appointed the county superintendent. The were thirteen (13) non commissioned high schools and only four (4) commissioned high school in the county. Source: "WALNUT TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

The information presented here by Mr. Charles L. Arvin is taken from the "Directory of the Teachers and Officers of the School Corporations of Montgomery County, Montgomery County, Indiana". These directories were issued from the County Superintendent's Office each school Year. (They can also be found in the "Local History Department" at CDPL) Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1909-1910 - James C. Vaughn, County Attendance Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1913-1914 - William J. Coons was county truant officer. Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1914-1915 Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Number of one room schools in the county=23
Number of consolidated schools in the county=27
Total number of schools in the county=50
Number of high schools in the county=15 (Commissioned high schools = 7 Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000)
Number of town schools=1 (Ladoga)
Number of city schools=1 (Crawfordsville)
Number of teachers employed in the county=184
Number of teachers employed in Crawfordsville-60
William J. Coons was county truant officer. Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1915-1916 -

There was a total of fifty-one schools in the county during this year. Twenty-three were one-room schools and 28 were classified as consolidated schools with fourteen high schools. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
J. G. Rush, County Truant Officer, Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Teachers employed in the county =259 - there were 67 employed in Crawfordsville. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1916-1917:

J. G. Rush, County Truant Officer, Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
There were 47 schools in the county. Consolidated (two or more classes) = 26. One-room schools = 21. Consolidated schools with high schools= 12. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1917-1918 Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Number of one room schools in the county - 18
Number of consolidated schools in the county - 26
Total number of schools in the county - 44
Number of high school in the county - 12
number of city high schools - 1 (Crawfordsville)
number of teachers employed - 255
J. G. Rush, County Truant Officer, Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1918-1919

There were 16 one-room schools and 26 consolidated schools in the county for a total of 42. There were 12 high schools and ten were commissioned. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1919-1920 - There were 11 one-room schools left, twelve high schools and a total of 38 schools in the county. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

There were 1,204 students in grades 7-12 and 2,689 students in grades 1-6.

Crawfordsville enrolled 1,865 students giving the county a student population of 4,110..Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1920-1921

J. G. Rush, County Truant Officer, Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Edith Hunt, County Niurse, Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
County School Nurse = Meta M. Ludolph. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
There were 11 one-room schools left in the county. Twenty seven consolidated schools existed for a total of 38 schools in Montgomery County. There were 12 High Schools in the county plus on in the city of Crawfordsville. One hundred ninety five teachers were employed in the county and seventy fout were employed in Crawfordsville. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Waveland had the largest high school enrollment with 102 students. Waynetown was next with 101. Alamo had the smallest high school enrollment of 24 students. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
There were 125 students that transferre from the county schools to Crawfordsville High School. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1921-1922 Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

The high school enrollment in the county was 823
Grades 7-8 enrolled 772 and grades 1-6 enrolled 2,423
Crawfordsville had an enrollment of 2,055
Giving the county a TOTAL enrollment of 6,073

Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Total number of teachers in the county = 191

Number of teachers in Crawfordsville = 98

Seven one room schools remained in the county.

1923-1924 Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

There were 7 one room schools in the county
a total of 36 schools, with 11 high schools. (Madison Township book says 34 schools)
Waynetown had the largest enrollment in the county schools 358, Ladoga havind the second laegest with 335.

1925-1926

There were 5 one-room schools in the county. Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Twenty six consolidated schools existed and 11 of those had commissioned high schools. Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1926-1927

There were 30 schools in the county, three One-room schools and 27 consolidated - twelve high schools. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1929-1930

There were 176 teachers employed in the county and 90 employed in Crawfordsville. The number of students was 3,609. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
There were 25 schools in the county with 11 of them having high schools. There was 1 one-room school left in the county. Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1930-1931

There were 2,726 students enrolled in the county schools in grades 1-8 and 885 in grades 7-12. Crawfordsville enrolled 1,626 in grades 1-8 and 486 in high school. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1931-1932

There were 3,588 students in the county and 2,048 in Crawfordsville. Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1932-1933

There were 24 schools in the county, twelve high schools. including Crawfordsville. One hundred sixty eight teachers were employed in the county schools. Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1933-1934 - Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Number of one teacher schools: 2
Number of schools in the county: 23
High schools in the county: 11
County attendance officier = Mary Burgess. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
There were 23 schools in the county but only 11 high schools. 158 teachers were employed in the county and 71 in Crawfordsville. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1934-1935
There were 3,568 students in the county and 2,067 students in Crawfordsville. There were 23 schools left in the county, (including) 11 high schools and only 1 one-teacher school left. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
The one teacher school was Mt. Tabor located in Union Township. There were 158 teachers employed in the county schools and 71 in Crawfordsville. Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Twenty three schools existed in Montgomery County during this school year. There were twelve high schools including Crawfordsville. There was 1 one-room school left in the county. Source: "WALNUT TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1936 - The county board of education included all eleven township trustees. The township trustees were responsible for appointing the county superintendent of schools. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1936-1937

Shannondale closed at the end of the 1936-1937 achool year. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1937-1938

There were 20 schools left in the county with eleven high schools, not including Crawfordsville. 3,148 students were attending schools in the county, 2,145 attended Crawfordsville. No one-teacher schools remained in the county. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Total number of teachers in the county = 154 Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Total number of teachers in Crawfordsville = 79 Source: "WAYNE TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
County Attendance Officer: Dorothy Titus Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
County Nurse: Elizabeth Newton Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Yountsville closed at the end of the 1937-1938 school year. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1938-1939 - Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Number of schools in the county: 19
Number of high schools: 11
Number of one teacher schools: 0
Number of teachers in the county: 154
Number of teachers in Crawfordsville: 79
Browns Valley and Parkersburg schools closed at the end of the 1938-1939 school year. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1940 - Seventeen schools remained in the county system, and there were eleven high schools. There were 152 teachers employed in the county schools and 78 employed in Crawfordsville. In grades 9-12, there were 879 students enrolled in the county schools and 706 in Crawfordsville. Grades 1-8 enrollment was 2,238 with 1,377 enrolled in Crawfordsville. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1945-1946 Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

County Attendance Officier = Gladys Remley.

County Health Nurse = Esther Weingartner.

Total number of schools in the county = 17, with 11 high schools.

1948 - Thgere were 17 schools in the county, not including Crawfordsville -- 11 high schools. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1949-1950 - Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

County Attendance Officer: Gladys Remley
County Health Nurse: Mary Ruth Pierce

1953-1954 - There were 168 teachers employed in the county schools during this school year. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Source: "MADISON TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

Grade 1-6 enrollment in the county = 1,991

Grade 7-12 enrollment in the county = 1,249

Total enrollment in the county schools = 3,240

This was the first year for Coal Creek Central. It replaced Bowers, Wingate and New Richmond. Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1955-1956 - There were 13 schools in the county with nine high schools. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1957-1958 - There were 9 high schools in the county. The nine high schools were alamo, Coal Creek Central, Darlington, Ladoga, Linden. New Market, New Ross, Waveland and Waynetown. There were also elementary schools at Mace, East Union and Mt. Zion. Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1965-1966 -

School reorganization became effictive in January of 1966. Source: "SCOTT, BROWN & UNION TOWNSHIP", "NEW MARKET School" prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
The trustees of the various townships were the county education board. This board in turn appointed the county superintendent. In (1966? - probably 1964) the state legislature passed a law requiring counties to find a more efficient means of organizing the schools. High schools with less than 200 students would no longer be commissioned by the state. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
The office of the county superintendent was discontinued. Through the referendum process the county was divided into three districts. Source: "CLARK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
This was the last year the office of county superintendent existed. Through reorganization North Montgomery Community Schools and the South Montgomery Community School Corporation were formed. Eual McCauley became superintendent in the North Montgomery Schools and Robert J. Tandy became superintendent in the South Montgomery School Corporation. Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1966-1967 - This was the first year school reorganiztion became law. The voters in Montgomey County voted down a one-unit plan, and a few years later voted down a two-unit plan. Finally, they voted for the three-unit plan which exists today. Source: "BROWN TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000

1987 - Northridge Middle School (North Montgomery Middle School) opened. 1988 Sugar Creek Elementary opened. Thus the Darlington School era comes to an end leaving many fond memories for thos who attended the Darlington School. Source: "FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - Darlington School, Red & White, Indians 1914-1971", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000