Fifth Street School, Dayton, KY 1909

The Fifth Street School's name was changed to the Lincoln School on May 25, 1926 "in deference to the wishes of the Fifth Avenue Mothers' Club."  The Mothers' Club offered to pay $25 to cover the costs of the change. 
 Kentucky Post, May 26, 1926.

 

        

Eighth Street School, Dayton, 1915
 a.k.a. Dayton High School, built in 1904, it burned on January 21, 1924
Five fire departments responded, but the water hydrants were frozen

 

Second District School, Dayton, 1907

 Dayton High School, Dayton, KY 

 

St. Bernard School Dayton High School (1925-1983)

 

  

St. Francis School, c. 1910

 

Dayton School Class
Photo by Wm. Brengelman

1954 Dayton Cheerleaders

A history of the financial footings of the Dayton Schools thru the Great Depression are available in D. L. Wetzel's University of Cincinnati Masters Thesis, titled Effect of an Economic Depression Upon a Small Industrial City. 

School population statistics from Wetzel's thesis are here

Dayton Independent Schools' web site is here.

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