Danbury Schools Timeline.. 17th Century 1692 - Connecticut passes a law that required towns to financially provide schools 18th Century 1764 - Danburys first Publick School is built on Wooster Street 1769 - The First Society in Danbury divides the Society for Schools into 9 districts: Beaver Brook, Great Plain, Pembroke, King Street, Boggs, Mill Plain, Mirey Brook, Starrs Plain or Long Ridge, and Stoney Hill Districts. 19th Century 1867 - New Street schoolhouse building completed at a cost of $35,000 1874 - First high school organized, classes held on the top floor of the New Street School 1980 - Connecticut passes a law to require students to attend school until age 14 20th Century 1903 - Alexander M. White donates land on White Street to the town of Danbury for educational purposes Western Connecticut State University opens as the Danbury Normal School 1914 - Corporal punishment in schools is abolished 1932 - 15 boys receive diplomas in the first formal graduation exercises of the State Trade School 1946 - Students revolt when the tradition of a school holiday for the Danbury Fair is cancelled 1962 - Danbury votes to build a new high school, three elementary schools (Great Plain, Shelter Rock and King Street) and an addition to Morris Street 1963 - Five members of Local 22 Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International construct a replica of a 19th Century one-room school with bricks from the Balmforth Avenue School on the Scott-Fanton Museum (now Danbury Museum) property 1967 - National Art Month is celebrated at the Museum with Danbury childrens art work from kindergarten to high school, Marjorie Shepard, art director 1970 - The Museum agrees to sell the Rogers Park site of the Charles Ives Birthplace to the city for a Junior High School (Rogers Park) 1973 - Mill Ridge Primary and King Street Primary Schools open 2010 - Mill Ridge Intermediate School is closed as an elementary school and changed to a center for preschool and other educational services danburymuseum.org/
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