 The school population began to decline in the early 1930s and the school reverted to a two-teacher system.
J. E. Poindexter and Miss Hylen Holloway, elected to teach during the 1934-1935 session, were asked by the school trustees: E. B. Scott, P. H. Yeury, D. E. Ross, to evaluate and provide recommendations for the school district's future. Some of the factors considered were: better roads, improved transportation, the expanding influence of neighboring towns, larger school districts with better equipment, etc. In the latter part of the 1935 - 1936 school term, the community has reached its decision. The consensus was to have a natural division line, bus routes were selected, and Howe and Tom Bean were notified that the Celtic community was ready to consolidate their school system beginning with the 1936-1937 school year. Both the Howe and the Tom Bean school districts accepted their offer. The Celtic school grounds were reverted to the descendants of the original grantor. Celtic School History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |