Longfellow School Opens To Students
Classes Moved from Temporary Quarter in Other Buildings
Two hundred eighty students were transferred Monday from their temporary quarters at other buildings to their new rooms at the Longfellow school. The transferred students had been assigned to Longfellow at the beginning of the term and attended classes at other schools awaiting completion of the new building which was occupied Monday for the first time. Continue reading
The first free school in Marion was organized in 1956 immediately following the legislative enactment of 1853 which provided for the maintenance of schools by public taxation. Prior to this, from 1836, subscription schools of varying degrees of excellence were maintained at irregular intervals. Continue reading
Longfellow Elementary School opened its doors on a snowy day in January 1955. Former teacher Emily Deason (30 years at Longfellow) recalls the following: “We were teaching our students on the lower level of the old Washington School building located where the Williamson County Courthouse is now located. Continue reading
