[ISL] "Lucy Maud Montgomery schoolhouse struggles to stay open"

[rfmcdonald]

The Lower Bedeque Schoolhouse described by CBC must post-date my residence on the Island, I think. Islanders?

A community group in Lower Bedeque, P.E.I., is looking for ways to attract more visitors to the schoolhouse where Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery once taught.

Montgomery taught at the school for only six months in 1897 before returning to Cavendish to care for her elderly grandmother following the death of her grandfather.

She never taught again.

The volunteer board operates the Lower Bedeque Schoolhouse on a budget of less than $2,000 a year, which comes mainly from visitor donations.

The group also receives government funding for two summer students, meaning the only months they can keep the schoolhouse open is July and August.