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The author of the article looks into the activity of the Middle School in Sambor lead by Franciszek Tomaszewski (1896-1904) and the school community. Tomaszewski was a committed teacher, activist and prominent educator interested in politics and learning. His method was greatly inspired by his educational background from Kraków. In Sambor he influenced many culturally, educationally and economically active teachers working under his tutelage. Due to the fact that the school in Sambor was funded by Sambor local government and teachers were active members of numerous local associations, the school was the centre for many events readily reported by the local press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Private Middle School for Girls owned by Anna Rachalska, operating between 1911 and 1920, was the first successful attempt to create a school in Przemyśl enabling women to pursue university studies, which also provided an impetus for establishing further local forms of education for Polish, Jewish and Ukrainian women. The school premises were far from suitable, the teachers often changed and the institution's significance in the public sphere of the city was limited. However, it is worth noting that the school mostly operated under harsh war conditions that were not conducive to high activity or consistent promotion policy. It was more of a typical private educational institution for women dependent on a variety of local factors, than one of the top High School in Galicia. Its complicated and short history shows the problems of a running private establishment in the difficult years of WW1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]