The information contained in this resource has been accumulated from corporate records retained over the years by the Renfrew County District School Board and its predecessor boards, and supplemented with information verbatim from history books and the Internet as denoted throughout the document and in the reference section ... As an overview of the history of public schools from the time of one-room shcool houses and township school areas to current school sites and local municipalities, the resource provides insight into the evolution of public education in the county.