No School Like the Old School

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Image courtesy of Terri Jo Ryan, Waco Tribune-Herald, June 5, 2010, https://wacotrib.com/news/local/brazos-past-educators-of-wacos-past/article_a0750c9b-f7cd-5076-bc96-882f8b335115.html.
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The passage of the 1882 school tax in McLennan County led to the construction of Waco’s first high school, Central High School. Operating from 1887 until the opening of Waco High in 1911, Old Central was the home of Willie Durham House after her dismissal from the position of superintendent of schools in 1893. 

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By Robert F. Darden & Maria Petrolia
Willie Durham House, an extraordinary person, devoted public servant, and gifted administrator, played a pivotal role in the establishment of two of Waco’s most essential institutions — free public…