Landstown Elementary School history

Overview The school was built in 1929 at a cost of $100,000.

When the School Board made no attempts to establish a high school on the site, parents formed a temporary school at Union Baptist Church in 1934.

Overview Kemps Landing Elementary was built in 1941 and named for the port of Kemps Landing that was once the heart of a thriving colonial settlement on the banks of the Elizabeth River.

Virginia Beach High Opening Date: 1952 First Principal: James A. Johnson Interesting Facts:

Little Creek Elementary Opening Date: 1954 First Principal: Interesting Facts:

Overview In May 1955, real estate developer, John Aragona, started his first housing complex, Aragona Village.

Overview The school opened in 1956 under the name of Seaboard Elementary.

Aragona Elementary Opening Date: 1957 First Principal: Interesting Facts:

The building cost $35,000, and it is noteworthy that a new elementary school in 1960 costed approximately $8 million dollars.

Overview Plaza Elemenetary was built in 1961 as part of the Princess Anne County.

Upon completion of the building in December 1962, Pembroke housed 1,100 sixth and seventh graders from the Pembroke and Aragona neighborhoods who were attending Aragona Elementary on split shifts.

The building, now located at 3632 Edinburgh Drive, was first occupied in January 1963 with an enrollment of 316 students.

Overview Point O’ View Elementary, located on Parliament Drive in the Kempsville area, was built in 1968 with an enrollment of 850 students.

When Newtown Road Elementary was opened in 1970, the enrollment was reduced to near 550 students.

Career Development Center (CDC) Opening Date: 1979 First Principal: Interesting Facts:

Funding for special education classrooms and physical education facilities was approved by voters in a 1985 school bond referendum.

The enrollment has fluctuated over the years starting with 882 and reaching a high of 1,412 during the 1986 school year.

Ocean Lakes Elementary Opening Date: 1989 First Principal: Mike Storm Interesting Facts: The Fleet Combat Training Center at Dam Neck, Sovran Bank at Oceana, McDonalds at Dam Neck and Pizza Hut on General Booth Blvd. were all Adopt-A-School partners with Ocean Lakes Elementary.

In July 1990, the school was moved to the Career Development Center.

Landstown Elementary Opening Date: 1993 First Principal: Shirley Barco Interesting Facts: Landstown is the only school that is conjoined with a middle school.

The ground breaking ceremony was held for the construction of a new school, March 12, 1997, located on First Colonial Road near Virginia Beach General Hospital.

New Castle Elementary Opening Date: 1999 First Principal: Janet Duff Interesting Facts:

In July 2002, construction began on an $8.5 million project to renovate and modernize Pembroke Elementary.