1886 Little Red Schoolhouse survives as living history for present, future generations
Marie Penny
Special to the Daily News
Editor s note: This is the final in a monthly series of columns for the season from the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.
The community that built the Little Red Schoolhouse outgrew the building in 15 years, but for the past 135 years, it has served as an emblem of education. The fact that the frame vernacular structure with a gabled roof still stands is a testament to its endurance. It also tells the story of the community and preservationists who have committed to the longevity of one of the island’s oldest buildings.
Historic site survey will aid town in preservation planning efforts
Surveyors looked at 2,240 potential historic structures within the town, and recorded 1,721 of them.
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A months-long survey of historic structures within the town will be used to support preservation planning efforts and aid in future development, town officials said.
The firm presented its findings to the Town Council earlier this month. What we really wanted to be able to give the town of Palm Beach was a really great tool to use for preservation planning efforts moving forward, said Patricia Davenport-Jacobs, historic preservation manager for Environmental Sciences.
Summit County reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,110. No hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week, keeping the total number since March 5, 2020, at 128.
Also this week, the county reported two additional deaths from the virus, which occurred Feb. 5 and 6. No additional information about the deaths was provided, and the total number of deaths since the pandemic began is unclear.
On the state’s COVID-19 dial, the county has remained within level yellow. According to the state’s dial dashboard
, the county was reporting 158.2 new cases per 100,000 people as of 4 p.m. Friday. That number is down 41.9 cases per 100,000 people from last week and falls within level yellow on the dial.
Photo by Jason Connolly / Summit Daily archives
The town of Breckenridge plans to survey residents about whether they would support a ballot measure to help fund the town’s child care centers.
The town’s child care program gives $800,000 per year to the child care centers including Little Red Schoolhouse, Carriage House, Timberline Learning Center and Breckenridge Montessori to support programming and teachers as well as access for local families in the form of tuition assistance. The current fund balance and the annual marijuana fund transfers can sustain the program into 2024, but after that, there isn’t a dependable funding stream.
Local Teka Catron, left, holds the hand of Amelia Schmitt, 2, alongside Makenzie Shmitt, 7, Hazel Cavender, 2, and Tyler Schmitt, 5, at the Snowmass Ice Rink in Base Village on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. The group lives in Carbondale but come up to Snowmass to ski and skate. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
In Snowmass Village and the Roaring Fork Valley, an ever-changing supply and demand equation impacted by COVID-19 continues to mold the landscape of child care services. Some parents opt for a traditional model at the Little Red Schoolhouse, but others have turned to alternative options relying on family and friends or employer-run programs to meet the need.