One-room N. California schoolhouse to close, ending 157-year tradition in tiny farm community
By APWednesday, June 9, 2010
One-room Northern California schoolhouse to close
NAPA, Calif. — A 157-year tradition in a small Northern California community is coming to an end with the closure of its one-room schoolhouse.
The Wooden Valley Elementary School in Napa County is scheduled to close Thursday after graduating its last class of fifth-graders.
The original 1853 structure is still standing, though children now attend classes in another one-room building erected in the 1950s.
The two dozen kindergartners through fifth-graders will now be bused to larger schools in Napa or Fairfield or be home-schooled.
Napa Valley Unified School District officials decided earlier this year that they could no longer justify the $100,000 cost of keeping the school open.
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