Clark School
Prairie Ronde Township
Location: District #1 – Section 11, southeast corner of U Avenue and 8th Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Teachers
1898 Fern Watson
1921-23 Ilah Weinberg
1925-27 Rose Taylor
1927-28 Lucile Reynolds
1929-30 Doris Batitis
1930-32 Pauline Chamberlain
1932-39 Bessie McCreary
1939-40 Mrs. Jeanette Barnes
1940-42 Mrs. May C. Thomas
1942-43 Mrs. Verna Curtis
1943-46 Mrs. Marjorie Welcher
1946-47 School closed
See a picture of Clark School students about 1914.
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern. Last updated 12 May 2022.
Sources
Books
Manual of the Public Schools of Kalamazoo County, Michigan for 1898-1899
J. W. Hazard, Commissioner of Schools
Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, Printers, 1898
History Room Orange Dot File: Education (Kalamazoo County)
Articles
Rural schools break records in attendance
Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 January 1923, page 13, column 2.
Copy in Education (Kalamazoo County) Scrapbook #1, page 1.
Maps and atlases
USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder 37
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1947 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)