LITTLE KNOWN TRENTON SCHOOLS

These photos date back to the years when Trenton's school system was among the best in the state. I recently wrote a column on the old Lincoln School, which was a school constructed strictly for the black citizens of Trenton. The white anglo saxton protestants ("WASPS") would never think of accepting anyone from another race in their lily white schools. The Skelton School on the top left looks suspiciously like the old High School on Mercer Street, which ultimately became McKinley School. It was very common back then to build schools of the same design. Indeed, the Klockner and Kuser Schools in Hamilton were "twins" right up to the 1920's when Kuser added two large wings.