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[Letter to Record-Chronicle from Mrs. W. B. Chambers]

Description: Letter to the Record-Chronicle newspaper in Denton, Texas from the Library Extension Committee of the Denton County Council of Parents and Teachers. The letter contains information about a traveling library that was created to provide books to rural schools.
Date: May 15, 1935
Creator: Denton County Council of P.T.A.
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Blue Mound School]

Description: Photograph of a teacher standing in front of a rural school door. The class of 20 students stands in front of her. A school window is visible on the right hand side of the photograph. Building was located on Hicks Road, west of Highway 156. Student and teacher names are as follows. Teacher: Miss Cantrell. Students: Cloie Hudnall, Marion Thompson, Pearl Hudnall, Ethel Laird, May Hair, Viola Laird, Lucile Laird, Loy Hudnall, Lee Watts, Howard Thompson, Frank Laird, Evie Thompson, Buster McDaniel… more
Date: [1909,1910]
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Avondale School]

Description: Photograph of husband and wife rural school teachers standing in front of a school building. Their 44 students are lined up in between them. There are partial views of five windows. Class names are as follows. First row (bottom front): Junior Lasater, Ernest Allmon, unidentified first name Wilson, unidentified first name Whitaker, unidentified first name Whitaker, Billie Lasater. Second row (first middle): Woodrow Wilson, Leonard Wilson, J.C. Shirley, Woody Singleton, Noble Lee Rust, J.C. Thomp… more
Date: 1929
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Lone Star School]

Description: Photograph of two groups of people inside a rural school building. One group of people are facing forward and the other group are facing backward. There are four windows visible in the photograph. A hurricane lamp is visible towards the left middle of the frame. Women and girls are wearing dresses and hats. Men and boys are wearing coats and bow ties. A decoration at the top left hanging from the ceiling appears to say "Welcome."
Date: 1894
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Unidentified group of children]

Description: Photograph of unidentified group of children. The photograph appears to be a school photo: there are four rows of children, with the smaller children at the bottom. Most of the girls are wearing dresses and most of the boys are wearing overalls. One boy, third in from the right hand side of the photograph is not wearing shoes. This is written on the back of the photograph: "Bobbie Laster, no Haslet."
Date: 1930?
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Unidentified group of children]

Description: Photograph of unidentified group of children. The photograph appears to be a school photo: there are two rows of children and a teacher sitting in the middle of the top row. Most of the girls are wearing dresses and most of the boys are wearing overalls. This is written on the back of the photograph: "Bobbie Laster."
Date: 1930?
Partner: Haslet Public Library

The Defender, Yearbook of Travis County Rural Schools: 1936

Description: Yearbook of rural public schools in Travis County including historical background, photos of administrators and students, and other photos of school life, athletics, clubs, and activities. This book includes schools representing the towns or communities of Manor, Pflugerville, Creedmoor, St. Elmo, Colorado, Esperanza, Garfield, Elroy, Honsby-Dunlap, Manchaca, Oak Hill, Richland, Bluff Springs, Carlson, Decker, Dry Creek, Fiskville, Gregg, Lund, Kimbro, Littig, Maha, Merrilltown, New Sweden, Pi… more
Date: 1936
Creator: Travis County Public Schools
Partner: Travis County Historical Commission

Alternative career readiness measures for small and rural districts in Texas

Description: This report describes information on the implications of the CCMR accountability standards for high school graduates by examining the extent to which the cohort of 2017–18 Texas public school graduates did not meet CCMR accountability standards, particularly for graduates in small districts and rural districts. The study also provides information on the extent to which graduates demonstrated career readiness via alternative career readiness options identified by TEA. Finally, the study explores… more
Date: January 2021
Creator: Burkhauser, Susan; Mellor, Lynn; Garland, Marshall & Osman, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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