Swampy’s #Florida live at the last 1 room school house to be open in Florida, the Duette School.
The Duette School closed in February, 2016. There were many efforts to shut down the last remaining school house in Florida due to it’s non-conformity with the Common Core approach to organized schools.
The school first opened in 1930 and just served the tiny community of Duette in northern Marion County. Eventually a series of other nearby one room school houses merged with he Duette school.
The school was referred to as s “Strawberry School” in that it held sessions in between strawberry picking season, between April and December.
A nifty series of picnic tables lie in front of the school. The benches have s very interesting design.
The local community was working on turning the former school into a history museum, which hasn’t happened, yet. Though, in 2018, the structure was awarded a spot in the National Historical Registry.
These photos were originally posted live, here, December 30 2017.
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