BIG BEND FACULTY MAKE CAMPUS THEIR HOME.Byline: Stasia Scarborough The Record Searchlight Teachers may think they spend their whole lives at school, but at the rural Indian Springs Indian Springs may refer to:
A region of southwest Texas on the Mexican border in a triangle formed by a bend in the Rio Grande. The area includes deep river canyons, desert wilderness, mountains rising to 2,386. , it's true. The school, located a tortuous 58 miles northeast of Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. , is unique for its teacherage - a low-cost house - and duplexes available for rent to teachers and other district employees. The perk is a dying breed among California school districts. Teacherages used to be more common when tiny schoolhouses dotted the rural landscape far from rental property, said superintendent and principal Paul Barrington. A teacherage "helped attract quality people to an isolated area," he said. Now the only other teacherage Barrington said he's heard of is in the Mojave desert Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States. town of Trona tro·na n. A natural vitreous gray or white mineral, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O, used as a source of sodium compounds. . Barrington, his wife, Pam, and son Bryan live in the house and use one of the duplexes for storage. Another staff member lives in the second duplex. The commute to town explains why the teacherage (the district's name for the house) is popular. One teacher who chooses to live in Burney drives 45 minutes to school. Another teacher who lives in Redding drives an hour. And it's not an easy drive. The road twists through forests. Speed limits are optimistically posted at 25 mph. Besides convenience, the accommodations provide a place to rent in an area that isn't known for apartment complexes. The teacherage and the duplexes were "built in the late 1950s and '60s because there were no living quarters for teachers" in the area, Paul Barrington said. The price is right, too. The house rents for $75 a month, and the duplexes rent for $60 a month. The teacherages have been in use since they were built. Typically the superintendent-principal lives in the house. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Paul and Pam Barrington live in the Indian Springs Elementary School District teacherage. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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