Students and teachers outside Rich Pond School. Two horse- and mule-drawn school wagons transported students to one of Warren County's first consolidated schools. Kentucky's 1911 Department of Education's Biennial Report speaks of consolidation and transportation as "not fads; they are here to stay" and "are the only methods that can give a rural community an efficient school . . . It cures tardiness. It saves children from exposure." Home l Early History l Agriculture l Business l Industry l Education l Warren County Schools l Health and Medicine l Recreation l Religion l Transportation l War l Timeline l Map l Sponsors   Updated December 15, 2000 Created by Donna Parker with contribution from Sandy Staebell, Laura Harper Lee, Lynne Ferguson and Jon Kay. Send comments to KyMus@wku.edu Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. URL: http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/rrr1/Pages/Secpages/ed2_richpond.html