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Education begins in Fairfield
August 19, 1916
A one-acre parcel of land was purchased in August 1916 at the corner of River and Nilles roads for what would become part of the local school district until 1929. The Symmes Corner School — which housed students in one room from ages six through 16, teaching seven grades — existed until the Fairfield City School District was consolidated in 1929.
There were, however, earlier records of formalized schooling, the first of which occurred in 1825 in a resident’s home. The original school located in southern Butler County in what would become Fairfield was the Rieser School, built sometime before 1869 on what is now known as Resor Road. In the early 1900s, the district — then called Fairfield School District No. 8 — consisted of three buildings until 1929: Fairplay, Symmes Corner and Rieser schools. The Fairfield City School District is now comprised of 10 buildings and a central office and is responsible for educating nearly 10,000 students each year.
Source: Fairfield, Ohio, by Esther Benzing
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