Complex sentence: In 1856, Joe Harris briefly attended Kate Davidson's School for Boys and Girls, but transferred to Eatonville School for Boys later that year following an undistinguished academic record and a habit of truancy.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1856, Joe Harris briefly attended Kate Davidson's School for Boys and Girls, but transferred to Eatonville School for Boys later that year. He had an undistinguished academic record and a habit of truancy.