From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
LB2017.19.3413
"Social Studies Curriculum meeting with Supt. J. Weldon Russell and group made up of teachers from various schools in Rockland. They represent the steering committee to design social studies program. Each teacher heads subcommittee made up of teachers of her grade level."- Kosti Ruohomaa, pink notes to accompany contact sheet The photoessay follows a day in life of teacher and principal Doris MacDougal at the McLain Grammar School in Rockland, Maine. The essay focuses on the challenge of managing increasing class sizes as post-war baby boom starts to overwhelm schools across the country. The article illustrates both MacDougal's teaching and administrative responsibilities, with a bit of homelife at the end. Selected photos from this group were used in an article for Pageant magazine: Ruohomaa, Kosti. “Your Children’s Other Mother.” Pageant, Nov. 1951, pp 51-57.
