Conewago Township's Rudy's School, then a private residence, sustained damage in this 2006 fire. Education in these one-room schools ended before high school, contributing to low high school graduation rates years later. Background posts: One-room school days fascinate history fans and Little school house in Hanover: A story of the circus and coal room and 18th-century mines gave Ore Valley its name.
A YorkCounts report indicates that most York County public school districts have shown gradual improvement in graduation rates.
Still, the 2000 Census shows that one out of five York countians do not have high school degrees.
Don't blame that entirely on the York City School District, where graduation rates fall in low 60-percent range (and improving.) ...
