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Shirland School

Prairie Ronde Township


Location: District #5 – Section 25, west side of 11th Street, south of XY Avenue.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

Teachers

1921-22 Myrtle Bauserman
1925-26 Mrs. Bessie M. Loukes
1927-28 Norrine Youells
1929-32 Bessie McCreary
1932-35 Mrs. Hazel Schug
1935-36 Mrs. Ellen Hoyt
1936-37 Eunice B. Cooper
1937-38 Eileen Ball
1938-42 Mrs. Eileen Coleman
1942-44 Bessie A. McCreary
1944-45 Mrs. Iva Welcher
1945-47 Closed
1947-48 Prairie Ronde schools no longer listed in county school directories, presumably absorbed by another district.

Sources

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, 1925-1948 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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