Barber Avenue School for Colored
In June 1925 voters approved the purchase of a lot on Barber Avenue between Main and Harmony Streets for a new school to accommodate black children in Penns Grove.  The school was built with Works Projects Administration Funds.     In May of 1929 the school board meetings minutes state “school house for negro children discussed.”  In July all board members were ready to go ahead with the school. There was no further mention of the completion of the school in the board minutes.  The school, called Barber Avenue School for Colored was a one level frame structure with four classrooms. In 1930 there were 4 teachers with two grades per teacher from 1st through 8th grade.   In 1936 there were 189 students and 4 teachers for grades 1-8 as follows:  Teacher Isabell Cuff taught 35 students in first grade, Marion White taught 52 students in 2nd and 3rd grade, Dora Smith taught 56 students in 4th and 5th grades and Ella Weakley the Principal taught 56 students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades.  Students went from 8th grade to Regional High School in 1936.   The black students attended Barber Avenue School until it was ruled in 1954 that such facilities were unconstitutional.