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Oak Hill School
Oak Hill School District No. 75
Oak Hill School District No. 75 was established on August 7, 1870 when Susan
and James P. Corel deeded a one and one-half acre tract of land near the
north side of the intersection of E. 1600 Rd./O’Connell Rd. and Kansas
Highway 10.
A brick building was constructed here to be used as a school. During the
early days of the district, this school was known as “McGee.” After 1878 it
was known as “Oak Hill.”
The annual county records of 1906 indicate that children of school age could
be sent to Lawrence High School, Oread High School or Lawrence Business
College, with the tuition paid by School District No. 75.
During the 1906 meeting, it was considered to dispose of the brick building,
while sending all children of school to Lawrence Schools. No records are
available for the next several years. Sometime around 1910-11 the building
was destroyed by fire.
From the records of the 1906 meeting; “All old papers and registers of no
value were examined and destroyed as voted on at the last annual meeting.”
So Oak Hill No. 75 had a very short history, perhaps the close proximity to
Lawrence schools contributed to this.
Photo for attention only, although it is the site of a a former school.
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