sentences:  According to a record book retained by the Berkshire County Historical Society kept by Jesse Oliver Howard, who attended the school in 1865, the original school house burned in June 1841 when several classmates started a fire in the playground during the noon time recess.When Jesse Howard attended the school, the pupils ranged in age from 4–16 years old sitting in benches with no backs.Until 1925, water was drawn from the Howard brook in the wood next to the school.