Abstract
File: mcquaidjenny-oh-onermschools_M.mp3
Speakers
JM — Jenny O'Hanley McQuaid
KP — Curator Ken Perlman
KP: So in a way, the old school in Monticello and perhaps in other parts of the Island was a community building as well.
JM: Oh yes, I'm sure. Formal education was just a secondary consideration. It was more of a centre. It was — everything went on there, you know. Actually, schooling interfered with their other education, really. So yes, it was — not only for dances, but for card parties, and they had debates. I would say Monticello School is remembered more as a social centre than for any formal education that ever happened there.