Schoolhouse

Long before Reddington Elementary was opened,
school convened in a single small building. As the
student body grew over the years, the need for
separate classrooms for each grade arose and the Mt.
Holly Schoolhouse was officially closed down.

Type: @Drafting, @Blueprint, @DeadEnd, @OuterRoom

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Speech

For the last 38 years, it has been my pleasure of serving as your
schoolmaster in this humble little facility. And meager as it may
look by modern standards, I think most of us who spent our
afternoons here will readily admit that we are reluct to see this
small piece of Reddington history go.

I first wish to thank Lady Epsen, our most gracious host today,
for not only paying attention in my classes those many years ago
- but for all the fundraising she has done on behalf of our
community and our children. Without her, Reddington
Elementary would still be a distant and blurry vision. A vision
that I dared not even dream.

That dreamer is of course, the incomparable Mrs. Peterson, our
future principal and my reluctant successor who I might add,
forced me to give this speech, so I think I'll end my praise of
her there, though she deserves much more I'll admit.

To the architect of our new school, the Baron Sinclair, thank
you for following in your father's footsteps in building Reddington
yet another school. And for also allowing the use of your own
private residence and floorplans to serve as our interim facility
until the new campus is completed in March. A decision, I'm
certain he will immediately regret tomorrow morning when he
hears the children running through his halls.

And lastly, I wish to thank all my students, many of you here
today whom I have not seen in years, whose faces I still
remember as young and manners wild. Those here whose parents
before them I have also taught and whose children I may yet.
Without you, I would have had a lifetime of quiet peace. And yet
what is all the peace in the world if you have no one to bestow
demerits upon.

Thank you all sincerely, my time here has meant the world to
me and if I am still standing in eight months, I will see you all
at the slightly less melancholic ribbon-cutting ceremony next
year.