Talk:The Mather School

A fact from The Mather School appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 April 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Mather School (pictured) in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is the oldest free public elementary school in North America?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/April.

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This article[edit]

Perhaps, someone ought to edit it so that it doesn't read so much like a word-for-word copy of the Dorchester Atheneum page. --Aaron Walden 22:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm going to work more on it, but not much more. This is the history of the Mather School, really. Actually I have done much work with and for the Dorchester Atheneum and contributed to it many times. Also a lot of the wording is in the Dorchester Register. Also the part about the building and locations is how it was written years ago but I didn't put the quotes as it would mess up the page. The references are there. People can read it here and go to the Dorchester Atheneum and read much more on the rich history of Dorchester. It's not appreciated very much or very well known. We are working on changing that. What a better way then to include it on Wikipedia. :) thanks. Jeeny 20:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Current building[edit]

Does anyone know when the current building first opened?--129.64.169.14 (talk) 22:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]