Author William "Bill" Pavao will discuss his new book, The Ella E. Flemings School: Tewksbury's Little Red Schoolhouse. Explore the history of this beloved schoolhouse and hear stories of some of the people who dedicated their lives to educating the children of Tewksbury there.

The Ella E. Flemings School is an historic schoolhouse located in Tewksbury. The original one-room school was constructed in 1859. Through its long history, the school was moved and twice enlarged in order to continue meeting the changing needs of a once-rural community. The Ella F. Flemings School was a pioneer in the field of education as it was among the first, if not the first, training school for student teachers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After almost 150 years of service to the children of the Town of Tewksbury, the last students left this historic schoolhouse in 2004.

A Tewksbury native, Bill Pavao has been a public school teacher of American History and Government since 1998. For many years, he was the curator of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum in Fall River, as well as the curator of Lizzie Borden’s Maplecroft. Mr. Pavao has been featured on several television programs about the Borden case on The Learning Channel, The History Channel, and the Travel Channel. 

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