According to an annual report by the Baltimore Association, the school at Fallston opened on January 1, 1866. It is possible that Fallston was closed for the period of January to March 1869; in January 1869, Rev. John Kimball noted that Sorrell's average attendance at Fallston was 9 pupils and described the situation as "hardly worthwhile to pay money where there is no more interest." No teacher monthly reports could be located for January - March 1869, but reports were submitted from April through June 1869 by Murry. According to the 1873 annual report of the State Board of Education for Maryland, the 1872-1873 school year appears to have been Fallston's first year of operation under the Harford County School Board.
