Shirland School
Prairie Ronde Township
Location: District #5 – Section 25, west side of 11th Street, south of XY Avenue.
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.
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 12 May 2022.
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)