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![People stand on school steps. Others look out second storey windows. Students are in four school vans of varying sizes in front of the building. Each van has a driver and is led by two horses.](https://www.communitystories.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cs2018_01_phi_original-school-with-vans_1920x760.jpg)
Funded by a wealthy Montreal tobacco manufacturer, rural New Brunswick’s first consolidated school was a model of innovation. Two visionary educators developed the curriculum, and a comprehensive program was created to support rural youth. At a time when Canadians were moving from the countryside to cities, practical courses in gardening, natural science, manual skills, and domestic science encouraged them to stay on the farm.