Dragoiesti school, Suceava

Drăgoieşti is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Drăgoieşti, Lucăceşti and Măzănăeşti. The school in Drăgoieşti was built in 1871, with the lessons being taught in German, a general rule at that time in Bucovina. The only schools where the lessons were taught in Romanian in the proximity of Drăgoieşti were those from Ciprian Porumbescu and Ilişeşti, even if in Ilişeşti there was another school where the lessons were taught in German. At the beginning, the school in Drăgoieşti functioned in private houses, first being organized in one classroom, then later in three classrooms, where the children of the local people were gathered. This situation is encountered until somewhere at the beginning of the 20th century, more exactly in 1909, when the old building of the Drăgoieşti school is built, with seven rooms, which make up the classrooms, the teachers’ room and the annexes rooms. Towards the beginning of the World War II and during it, the Drăgoieşti School had much to suffer. The local population was evicted, the school staff was taken on the front, which makes it impossible for the educational process to take place for a long period of time. After the World War II, the reorganisation of the countryside institutions began, amongst which was also the school. The number of students from the village rose. In 1947, the lessons were taught at Drăgoieşti in several classrooms and it had nine subjects. A new situation appeared in the school year 1948-1949, at the moment when a new reform took place. In 1955 the new building of the village school was built, as a result of the growth in number of students, the new building having several classrooms , absolutely necessary for the educational process. Some of the most respectable and cherished teachers who shared to the students of Drăgoieşti the secrets of the world of knowledge were Sofronie Brădăţan and Alexandra Brădăţan ( in 1914), the teacher Făgăraş and Veninschi with his wife ( in 1925) and Emil Movileanu (in 1950) was the headmaster of the Drăgoieşti school for twenty five years. Nowadays, most of the teachers working at this school are not from Drăgoieşti.