Our
History
The original building at Glencoe Elementary School was
constructed during the 1938 – 1939 school year and served the community as a
high school for many years. The white
wooden building that presently houses a writing lab, special education, and
janitorial supply room was built in 1928 as a home economic building at the old
high school. When the new high school
was built in 1938, the building was moved to this campus and was used for the
lunchroom.
An addition was constructed in 1958 and the school then housed
grades 1 – 6. Josephine Booker was named
first principal of the new Glencoe Grammar School. Because of rapid growth in the Glencoe area,
a middle school was built in 1978 and Glencoe Elementary School became a K – 4
school. Continued growth required portable
units to be brought on campus until the 1988 – 1989 school year. Four new classrooms, a larger learning media
center, and two new restrooms were constructed in 1989.
Glencoe Elementary’s latest addition was constructed in the 1998
– 99 school year. Four new classrooms,
two restrooms, a counselor’s office, a janitorial closet, and a small multiple
use room were added in this construction.
During the summer of 2002 the following improvements were begun:
the boiler type heating system was replaced with individual HVAC units for ten
classrooms and the office, windows in the ten classrooms were removed and
replaced with two smaller, more energy efficient type windows, new ceiling
tiles installed, exposed piping removed, and interior walls repainted.
Grades K – 3 are in self – contained classrooms and grade 4 is semi-departmentalized.
Glencoe Elementary School has been served by only four
principals. Mattie Wilson was named
principal in 1975 when Miss Booker retired.
Martha Tumlin was named principal in 1987 when Mrs. Wilson retired. Linda Griffin was named principal upon Mrs.
Tumlin’s retirement in 1996.
Created
March 2, 2002
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