New Canaan Now & Then: Rock School | NewCanaanite.com
In 1650, the Connecticut Colonial Legislature enacted the first compulsory school law but it wasn’t until 1795 that the state began supplying state funds for education. New Canaan’s first one-room schoolhouse was built circa 1799 by residents of New Canaan’s School District 2. The Rock School, as it was called, was located originally at Canoe […]
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