====== Schools ====== By Margaret Warminski The earliest schools in the [[boone county|county]] were private academies, of which the best-known were the [[Morgan Academy]] in [[Burlington]] and the [[White Haven Academy]] south of [[Union]]; none has survived. In [[1840]] the county was divided into 26 common school districts. These small, decentralized districts were served by one- or two-room schoolhouses, for the most part of frame construction and generally housing grades one through four. A series of reforms enacted by the Kentucky legislature beginning in 1908 revolutionized education and raised standards. In the wake of these changes, local school districts began to consolidate into larger entities serving wider geographical areas, and one- and two-room schools were replaced by new buildings. Throughout the county new buildings were constructed housing grades one through twelve under one roof, with primary and secondary classes on separate floors. High schools also were established in Burlington, Union, [[Walton]] and [[Verona]]. The next major building campaign took place in the 1930s, as graded schools of conspicuously modern design were built in [[Florence]], in Burlington and on U.S. 42 south of Union. Boone County High School Band, 1958-59 * [[Morgan Academy|Boone Academy]] * [[Boone County High School]] * [[Burlington High School]] * Conner High School * Cooper High School * Florence Academy * Florence High School * [[Florence Public School]] * [[Garrison Creek School]] * Hebron High School * [[Lampton School]] * [[Morgan Academy]] * [[New Haven School]] * [[Petersburg Graded School]] * Ryle High School * [[Verona High School]] * [[Walton Graded School]] * [[White Haven Academy]] ===== More Information ===== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=schools&qf=BCPL_TYPE%09Record+Type%09Photograph%09Photograph&lm=LHDC|Browse photographs]] from Boone County schools * Conrad, William. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/23716/0|The History of Boone County Schools]]//. * Tanner, Paul. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/31271/0|Florence, Kentucky, the First Century (1830-1930) & Florence Graded School, 1909-1931]]//. * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24614/0|Adult Education Boone County]] * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24471/0|Boone County Board of Education]] ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Historic buildings]] * [[Towns]]