There are some Saugus residents who still remember the old Oaklandvale School, built in the late 1840's. It was a two-story building, but only one room in the second floor was used. The restrooms were in the outhouse in the back with a fence separating the boys' room from the girls'. There was electricity, but no telephone or runnng water. The janitor had to bring water in milk cans, only to be used as drinking water. You couldn't wash your hands. Every student had their own drinking cup.

The Wooden Oaklandvale School 1948

The school was heated by a potbellied stove in the center of the classroom and the children brought up wood or coal to feed the stove. The teacher would fire the stove.

There was a ledge in the cellar, which was eventually blasted away in order to put in toilets in the 1920's.

They used three rooms in the school after a new section was added on. They made an extra stairway on one side so then there were two front doors and two stairways which met at the top of the front room.

The school housed only grades 1-4

The building was torn down in the 1960's, after the new school was built