Center School, version 4.0?

The Waterbury Republican of March 275h carried a short piece. Under the headline, "By any name, Center School is definitely a middle school."

The article said the name for the replacement for Oxford Center School, which is planned for the same campus as Great Oak and Quaker Farms schools, could still be called Oxford Center School.
  The article quotes First Selectmen George R. Temple, saying "We can still call it the Center School, because it's between the two schools."
  Selectman Jeffrey J. Haney Sr. added, "And it's a middle school."

  Oxford has not shown much originality in naming their schools. Early one-room and two-room schools were often named after their location, such as Riggs Street School, Chestnut Tree Hill School, and Riverside School all come to mind.
  However, the two most used schools are Quaker Farms School and Oxford Center School.  (The first Quaker Farms School was north of Hogsback Road on Route 188. The second Quaker Farms School was in what is not the Quaker Farms Firehouse. The current Quaker Farms School is located on  Great Oak Road near the slightly older Great Oak School.)

   Today's video shows Oxford's "most recycled" school name: Oxford Center School. The first photo shows Center School was at the corner of Riggs Street and Academy Road. 
   The next photo shows the Second Center School as a one-room schoolhouse. It was located on Oxford Road at the site where the community event sign stands next to the Oxford Grange and in front of the current Center School.  
   The view of the Second Center School with a room added on the back is taken from the south and the Oxford Grange is visible to the north. 
    In the photo of grades 1 through 4, one can read the sign Oxford Center School above the door, which is still preserved in Oxford Center School.  The photo of the 2nd Center School taken from the north shows the current center school, which was under construction when the photo was taken.
    When the present school opened, it was officially named "Oxford Consolidated School," because it replaced all the one and two-room schoolhouses in the town.  The final two photos show the current Oxford Center School.

   Unless the townspeople get creative and find a new name, the proposed new school, if named "Center School," would be the fourth school with that name.  

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