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SALISBURY HISTORYThe Cushing School, built in 1880, was located in SalisburySquare where the bank now stands. The two-storybuilding used the first floor for grades four and five, the secondfloor for grades eight and nine. Grades six and sevenwent to the Grange Hall School.By 1893/94 the school was divided as Cushing School #1,THE upper floor, and #2, the lower floor. Number 1, withtwenty-seven students, was taught by J.Q.A. Pettengill whoreceived a salary of sixty dollars a month. Number 2 had anenrollment of thirty-eight students. They were taught byMiss Sarah Matilda Moulton, who received thirty dollars amonth.Other teachers were as follows:School Number 1:1892 - J.Q.A. Pettengill1901 - Miss Elvira Morrill1901 - Ms. Morton A. Sturtevant1913 - Miss A.M. Smith & Miss Mary AlcottCushing School Number 2:1892 - Miss Sarah M. Moulton1894 - Matilda Moulton1897 - Miss Agnes M. Robinson1911 - Ethel R. WelchEliza N. TrueLillian Greenleaf1913 - Miss Ruth Mayhew1914 - Miss S.E. Stover1913 - Miss Bessie Cleveland, music teacher1913 - Mrs. Sara Gannett, drawing teacher1917 - Geogin Blaisdell, drwaing teacher36