"Board of Education"

This so called "board of education" was used by Robert L. (Bob) Carson who was an educator in the Scott County School System for 43 years of his life from 1931 until 1974. Carson taught at many of the one room schools that once dotted the landscape before major consolidation took place in the 1950s; among these were the Annadell, Sulfur Springs, and Low Gap schools. Carson also taught at the larger Huntsville High School and Oneida Elementary. Teaching a room of students of various grade levels could be daunting. Esther Sharp Sanderson, local historian and educator, related in her book "County Scott And Its Mountain Folk" about a teacher who brought in a bundle of long hickory switches and exclaimed, "I will chastise thee, with these, them, and those." 

Information taken from Esther Sharp Sanderson's County Scott and Its Mountain Folk

This rough hewn wooden paddle was used by Robert L. Carson during his 43 years in various classrooms throughout Scott County.

Back of the same paddle.

Huntsville High School, once on the National Register of Historic Places, stood where Huntsville Middle School is now. Robert Carson, who used this paddle in his classroom, taught here.