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07022.ED – Duffield School is pictured in this 1919 photo. The woman standing is the teacher and the others are all students. …. This 1930’s photograph of Duffields School for black students shows teacher Elsie Clinton and her students. The school was also known as Skeetersville Colored School. The school was located in an area of Duffields known as Skeetersville. As a result, the school was also called Skeetersville Colored School. The exact opening date is not known — possibly 1930 when the Oak Grove School in Shenandoah Junction closed. Some of the teachers at this school included Elsie Clinton, John Harris, and Adora (or Dora) Payne. It was 1935 or 1936 when the school closed and students were transferred to Grandview School with the old building being sold to Mr. James Moten.