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Glen Morrison Provisional School [I] in the County of Vernon was established in 1873. (1) Provisional Schools were opened in areas of smaller populations where insufficient children attended to justify the opening of a full public school. By 1873 fifteen students were required to maintain a provisional school. (2) In October 1884 Glen Morrison was upgraded to a Public School [I]. (3) From 1880 the attendance of twenty Children was required for the establishment of a Public School. (4)
In September 1922, Glen Morrison became a Half-Time School, sharing a teacher with St Leonards Half-Time School. (5) Half-Time Schools were elementary schools for children in areas of scattered population and shared an itinerant teacher. (6) By 1922 no fixed number of children were required for a Half-Time School. (7)
In May 1924 Glen Morrison was again upgraded to a Provisional School. (8)
Glen Morrison Provisional School [II] closed in July 1936. (9)
Endnotes
1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.68.
2. ibid, p.17.
3. ibid, p.68.
4. ibid, p.18.
5. ibid, p.68.
6. ibid, p.16.
7. ibid, p.16.
8. ibid, p.68.
9. ibid, p.68.
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