Editing Parikkala (section)

==Education==
A comprehensive school, one of the first rural schools in [[Karelia]] of [[Lake Ladoga|Ladoga]], was founded in 1907. In 1910 the first three-class school building was built; later it expanded to include a gymnasium, hall and kitchen.{{Clarify|reason=This sentence is rather confusing, and needs work from someone who knows about the subject|date=November 2008}} A [[grand piano]] was provided in the hall, and Finnish artists [[Toivo Kuula]] and [[Oskar Merikanto]] held their concerts there when visiting Parikkala. [[Upper secondary school]] started in the year 1940 and the first class graduated in 1943. The largest number of pupils was in the 1950s, when over 500 pupils attended school there.