(This article was written by George and Margaret Rupprecht on information gleaned from public records and private sources including the files of the
Johnsonburg Press.) 

The Jones Township school directors built a two story school house and somewhat later a one story structure was added to the facility.  The school was staffed by a corps of four teachers.  The high school students at Instanter for a considerable period of time were obliged to attend the high school at Straight as the tow high schools had been merged.  They arrived there, not by bus, but by utilizing the ancient method of foot locomotion, over the two miles distance. 

The study curriculum of the high school is as follows, headed by the adage of "Knowledge is proud that he knows so much, and wisdom is humble that he knows no more" -- Reading, spelling, writing, drawing, language or grammar, physics and hygiene, arithmetic, geography, mental arithmetic, composition, history, music, civil government, algebra, rhetoric, latin, geometry, physical geography, book-keeping, botany and zoology, general and english history, literature and classics.  All students do not enroll for all of the subjects listed, but they are taught at the school subject to choice by the pupils. 

A public library was established at the high school and the first set of fifty volumes on various subjects was presented to the school, by the Pennsylvania State Library Association.