Jay Payne, from left, principal of Central Middle School, Brett Boezeman, director of operations for BCSC, Tami Iorio, Bartholomew County Historian, and Steve Forrester, former director of operations for BCSC, look at old pictures and diagrams of Columbus while talking about a memorial stone from 1859 at Central Middle School in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. The memorial stone was on the first public school built in Columbus back in 1859. The stone was recently placed in the middle school as an homage to the history of public education in Columbus. Mike Wolanin | The Republic