Scott Schools
Scott School
FM 455 and White Rock Trail
Anna, Texas
Scott School House was a log cabin about 14 feet by 16 feet located on Captain T. M. Scott property. It was started in 1862. The school located about 12 miles northeast of McKinney and one-half mile southwest on Shultz Springs where the school students got water. Students drank from a single gourd. Since there were no windows, light from between the cracks of the log cabin was utilized. It had a slab floor, a fireplace, and split log seats with no back. The school day was long lasting from about eight until sun down. Recess was 15 minutes before dinner (lunch), and dinner was an hour and then another 15-minute recess after dinner. Matilda Sherley Scott was the teacher, and she kept long dogwood switches to whip the students. She taught 3 or 4 terms.
“After moving to Texas and before the advent of public free schools Elizabeth Matilda Scott taught a private neighborhood school in a little log house on the Belmont Farm for the benefit of her own children and of those that section of the county. The influence of this noble woman exerted in the school room and in Bible school circles of her church during her active life had a marked effect in the education of the children of the pioneer days of our county, both religiously and intellectually.”
FM 455 and White Rock Trail
Anna, Texas
Scott School House was a log cabin about 14 feet by 16 feet located on Captain T. M. Scott property. It was started in 1862. The school located about 12 miles northeast of McKinney and one-half mile southwest on Shultz Springs where the school students got water. Students drank from a single gourd. Since there were no windows, light from between the cracks of the log cabin was utilized. It had a slab floor, a fireplace, and split log seats with no back. The school day was long lasting from about eight until sun down. Recess was 15 minutes before dinner (lunch), and dinner was an hour and then another 15-minute recess after dinner. Matilda Sherley Scott was the teacher, and she kept long dogwood switches to whip the students. She taught 3 or 4 terms.
“After moving to Texas and before the advent of public free schools Elizabeth Matilda Scott taught a private neighborhood school in a little log house on the Belmont Farm for the benefit of her own children and of those that section of the county. The influence of this noble woman exerted in the school room and in Bible school circles of her church during her active life had a marked effect in the education of the children of the pioneer days of our county, both religiously and intellectually.”
Scott, L. A. Junior High School
L. A. School Middle School
Louisiana and College Street
McKinney, Texas
L.A. Scott Junior High School
Lewis Allen Scott taught in rural schools, served on the School Board in Melissa, and moved to McKinney in 1900. In 1923, McKinney built a junior high school named after the McKinney School Board President, L. A. Scott. The school was built for $65,000 and was built on the same campus as the old Boyd High School at Louisiana and College Streets. Boyd High School and Scott Junior High School closed in the 1950s. Caldwell Elementary School occupies the campus now.
The L. A. Scott house in McKinney is located at Louisiana and College Streets.
L. A. School Middle School
Louisiana and College Street
McKinney, Texas
L.A. Scott Junior High School
Lewis Allen Scott taught in rural schools, served on the School Board in Melissa, and moved to McKinney in 1900. In 1923, McKinney built a junior high school named after the McKinney School Board President, L. A. Scott. The school was built for $65,000 and was built on the same campus as the old Boyd High School at Louisiana and College Streets. Boyd High School and Scott Junior High School closed in the 1950s. Caldwell Elementary School occupies the campus now.
The L. A. Scott house in McKinney is located at Louisiana and College Streets.
