Schools The conflict between rural communities and cities has always existed and still does. Rural children loved the small communities from which they sprang and enjoyed the freedom of life in the country. But education in rural communities could never hope to compete with that of the city. By the beginning of the 1920s, the situation in rural one room schools had shown an insurmountable gap in the quality of education. A one-room school was also a one-teacher school. And, in the years 1921 and 1922, a study revealed that 76% of the teachers were new in their positions, and less than 10% had been teaching for more than a year. These teachers were usually young and female. Marriage often accounted for their short tenure. Notable Schools Acorn The Acorn Schoolhouse is located in Franklin County on ancient John Brown Highway where it intersects with Iowa Road. The white wooden clapboard school was built in 1900, replacing an earlier structure built in the 1870s. The inscription over the door reads "Acorn School, District 74, built 1900". Arvonia Once upon a time it had three stores, one hotel, one blacksmith and wagon shop, a post-office, two churches and a schoolhouse. Today, Arvonia is reduced to a few homes and the beautiful stone school. Arvonia was settled in 1869, by a company of Welsh people who had formed a colony, with J. Mather Jones as their leader. When the town was started, it was hoped that railroad tracks would be laid along the Marais des Cygnes valley. This failed to happen and the community withered. <div> Bazaar Bazaar was first settled in 1856, three years before Chase County was organized. The town was a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail and, in 1887, became a shipping point for cattle when the Santa Fe Railroad arrived. Bichet Bichet school was built in 1896 for the children of French families who settled along the Cottonwood River near Florence, Marion County, Kansas. The first term of 1896 - 1897 included 19 children from 8 families. The names included Bichet, Goffinet, Lalouette, Louis, Martinet, Reverend, Rensen, and Featherkile. Listed in the Historic Register. Cato Cato was founded in 1854 at the northern edge of the Cherokee Neutral Lands, now Cherokee and Crawford Counties. The first school was built in 1867. A stone school built in 1869 still stands, after serving as a schoolhouse and a meeting