This article features a few of the society’s photos of Pollard School and its students.
In 1886 the governing of the schools was transferred from the Board of Selectmen to a duly incorporated school district governed by a school board of three members and other officers elected at annual school meetings and voting their own appropriations.
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- Old Pollard School 1896 In 1896 the schooldistrict had grown so rapidly that the Honorable A.G. Pollard gave the town a piece of land and a new two story building was constructed next to the Baptist Church and was called the “Pollard School”.
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- New School Under Construction 1911 In 1911 the Old Pollard School was torn down and a new central school building with four rooms, pictured here, was constructed and the other district schools were closed.
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- Pollard School with 8 classrooms In 1918-1919 four more rooms were added to the “Pollard School” to take care of the increased enrollment. The staff consisted of eight grade teachers, a visiting music teacher, an art teacher and a nurse. The four additional classrooms were added to the back of the building as indicated by the additional windows on the left side of the building in this photo.
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- Graduating class – 1922 Front row, left to right: Elizabeth Robinson, Oreanna Ross, Arlene Welsh, Jeannette LeFebvre, Stella LaFontaine, Louise Tremblay, Sophie Zablinsky, Marjorie Tremblay. Second row, left to right: Warren Sargent, Arthur LaFontaine, Albert Bonenfant, Doris LaFontaine, Elsa Schmidt (teacher), Mildred Quimby, Joseph Iawnitz, Sumpad Tavitian, Hugh Mayberry. Back row, left to right: Frank Smythe, Diamond Keezer, Roupan Tavitian, Melvin Willett, Walter Rouillard.
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- July 4, 1928 Pollard School is decorated for the holiday, cars are lined up on Main St. (perhaps for a parade, no details provided).
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- April 1943 At one time, “Pollard School” boasted of having one of the finest playgrounds in the state, the baseball field having been built by the staff of the old Boston Braves. This playground had the finest equipment available at the time, it was a gift by Mr. Pollard.
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- Pollard School In 1949, 250 students were attending Pollard School.
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- Pollard School 1974 The new addition can be seen on the left in this 1974 photo. That year more than 600 students attended the Pollard School.
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- Pollard School May 29, 2006 Current enrollment is 510 students.
