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nes
he first . ptbiie
school in ,Lucknow
was held in a . build-
ing on .Campbell, Street
previously used. as a can
nery and located near,the
western section of the pre--
•
sent •Ashton Clothing
Store. • • , •
In 1862,: the first public
school buildiing was erect-
ed. on Havelock Street: It
WAS of frame construction,
24 by 3Q feet. °This build-
.; ' ing, was replaced in 1878
by a brick gn on the same
site and a fifth"class':was
begun at that time
In 1889,ischoolgrounds
'Were enlarged by purchas- •
ing property from the,,
Presbyterian Church, •
Abouts 1968; a clear, dis-
tinction was: Made
between public and con-
tinuaton school: • : '•
•': During the summer. and
Mal<,e # G.r*; til its. '98 ...:.
LCPS during reunion
autunin of 1925, the . Oreenack was formed. decided to farm an area
school building was' coin- This become effective resulting, in the Construe-
pletely reinode1ed and Ianuary;i,195L. tion of the IinlossCentral
classes. were held in vari- Becauseof the increase Public Schooli.which was
ous .buildings in scattered, in school population itopened in 1961; It aU1, 10
locations: throughout the became necessary to conn- school sections in Kinloss
villager struct a new high school, ,.wereunited into. the new
In 1!a_ nttary '1926, the build ng.wl ch was corm area and on Sang 1, 1967
classes, returnedto what `. pleted for sehoot opening the village. of Lucknow
. was then a well lighted, on September 3, 1953 and was included to form the
modern, well-equipped. ' officially opened by a for* K i'n 1. o s s - L u•c k n
School on an enlarged mer -graduate, Dr. C.E. Township School Area..
playground with the aequi- ; ,Stothers of the Department By 1-966, it.' became
sidon of,the old lower lot. of Education in Novomber apparent,. because of
In 1935, -the eontinuia- ' of -the same year. This ~expanding highschoo:.
tion school become a high ;marked° the first time that ' areas, that the Lucknow
school. Both the high the. two. local schools k`iigb. School District '
school arid public school occupied separate. build- would become part of the
continued to use• the same Ings. Wingham nigh SclyQoI
building,.. Meanwhile, the Township District.and that the exist -
About : 1940, a of Kiniloss continued to .be. ing Lucknow'High School '
Lucknow' H:igh'.Schoo served by IQ different • building would . then
District including school boards and schools.. become available: to the:,..
Lucknow and parts of the ..On January 10961, sever. Kinloss Ln c k n O w,
townships of West al Kinloss, School Boards: , turn to page 147
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