Roger B. Wilson
One Room One Teacher
From One Room Schools to the Consolidation
of the South Eastern School District
ISBN 978-0-9790695-5-0 / ISBN 0-9790695-5-6
​This book will lead you from the beginning of public education in Pennsylvania to the formation of the South Eastern School District (SESD). The story spans more than 100 years (1834 to 1948) and includes the eight school districts that consolidated to form the SESD. Four townships and four boroughs, each being a school district, united to make one school district. The townships were Hopewell, East Hopewell, Fawn, and Peach Bottom. The boroughs were Stewartstown, Cross Roads, Fawn Grove, and Delta . Eight became one.
In those eight school districts there were 46 one room schools, eight two-room schools, and five schools three rooms or larger. There is also one private school in the book to make the point that all the rest were public schools. This makes a total of 60 schools in the book.
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U.S. $25.00
An engaging history, meticulously researched, and thoughtfully organized. One Room One Teacher lays the groundwork for other historians to follow suit in their communities.
Demi Stevens, C.E.O. Year of the Book, yotbpress.com
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First, and this is timely, Roger and Kathryn have captured many detailed memories from the still living scholars and teachers who experienced the last years of the one-room era. Also, sixty school buildings with photographs and information on each are firmly documented.
The book is not only nostalgic, but well-researched. The writing is lively – a good read. Check out the eighth grade test on page 160. How many can you answer?
Dr. David B. Glenn, co-author of The River and The Ridge
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With over 1,400 names indexed, you are sure to find one of your southern York County ancestors listed.
Doug Washburn, author of A History of Pylesville, Harford County, Maryland
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