The school, located in the hamlet of Carley Mills in the town of Hastings, served as district number six in the town.  The district was established in 1824.  School was taught in various locations in the community.  George Carley’s barn served as a schoolhouse for a time.  A schoolhouse was also located on the corner of County Route 84 and Seeber Road.

     In 1875, with the help of the Freewill Baptist Church of Hastings the current building was erected.  The building served as both schoolhouse and church until September of 1888, when the church services were relocated to the village of Hastings.

     The one room schoolhouse remained in operation until 1954, when it was closed by the Central Square School district.  The school district donated the building to its current owner, the Carley Mills Cemetery Association.  The building was declared a county historic site in 1990 by the Oswego Heritage Foundation.  In 1964, Mabel (Hess) Dunbar compiled a scrapbook of the many teachers who taught at the school.  The scrapbook contains pictures of each teacher listed.  Several of the pictures include other family members or friends.  Eventually, we hope to include those pictures on this web page.  Listed below are the names.  Both maiden and married names are included when known.

Lisa Parker has contributed this list of school teachers from Carley Mills, and requests, that if you have any additional information, questions, or find any errors in the information below, please contact Lisa Parker.

      I have a lot of memories of going to school at Carley Mills.  One of the best time there, were the nature walks Mrs. Evans used to take us on in the fall.  We would walk down to Carley's pond and up in the lot behind the Larabee farm and back to the school.  There was never any rush, and we always just took our time.
    Mrs. Evens was such a great teacher and I think she just thought, besides learning about nature, that the fresh air was good for all of us.  Sometimes in the winter she would make soup for us on the wood stove, so we could all have a hot lunch with our sandwiches.  All my memories of there are so warm and good. 
Graciously contributed by Shirley Kyle at:  [email protected]

    It is so nice to find my past. Carley Mills school was my second school.  I took kindergarten in N. Syracuse.  My dad moved us to Carley Mills in 1944.  I was 9 years old when I started.  This school holds many memories for me. 
   Ms. Evans was my teacher and I still think of her today as being a kind gentle person, who would sneak up on you and knock you out of your seat.  Kids today would have her in jail.  The school not only taught me, but consequently was my first job.  My job was to go down the hill and start the fire at about 7:00 AM and sweep the schoolroom.  For this I was paid about $3.00 a week.
    Some of my schoolmates were John White, Bernadine Evans, Fran Heissman and her sister Bev.  I also was there when Junior Larabie and the allsaver boy, I cannot think of his name.  I would love to hear from anybody who attended classes with me.  I also had the privilege, at the time I didn't think it was a privilege of saying the Gettysburg Address.  Across the street, as you know, is the cemetery.  We as a class, honored a WWI soldier.
Generously contributed by Don Reed at:   [email protected]