Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Tuition was free for all students from Blue Hill. However, students from surrounding towns did have to pay to attend."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"A few years later, in 1800, Surry's first private tuitioned school was established and twenty-six students worked under teacher Francis Simonds'…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… instruction, or to be responsible for the tuition for pupils wishing to attend such schools in other communities. Mrs."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"It was supported by the tuition paid by students. However, the Academy was always struggling to keep the doors open, even though it provided a high…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield, Canton and Bethel, the tuition being paid by the town. A small four-room school was built behind the other school, then…"