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Stratford Board Of Education company history timeline

1806

1806: Stratford Academy, located on Academy Hill, is charted by the state, with leading townsmen as its trustees.

1824

1824: The town map shows the following schools: New North on Paradise Green, South Middle on the common at Academy Hill, and Harvey's Farm School on East Main Street.

1844

Union school later stood on the site of the town hall, and Oronoque was built in 1844.

1873

1873: A resolution is adopted: "Resolved.

1897

1897: The school board authorized another school to be built on North Avenue and named it for George Washington.

1909

1909: The Center Graded School expands by four more rooms.

1910

1910: Franklin Elementary School is built.

1917

1917: Sedgewick Elementary School is replaced by the newly built Honeyspot Elementary School.

1925

1925: A new building to house Stratford High School is built.

1929

1929: The town committee releases a report that "the number of children in public schools suffering from malnutrition should be of concern to the entire community." The town considered providing school children with milk and crackers to help combat this direct effect of the Depression.

1931

1931: Birdseye Elementary School is built.

1957

April 25, 1957 - HELEN BARNISH NAMED GREAT NECK PRINCIPAL: Mrs.

The school opened in the fall of 1957.

1958

The parents are challenging the transfer of the youngsters after the 1958-59 school year to Lordship School.

1961

1961: Bunnell High School is opened on Connors Lane.

1966

July 7, 1966 - GREAT NECK PTA SALUTES ARMED FORCES IN VIETNAM: Governor John Dempsey has recognized the efforts of three Stratford housewives and has joined in the July 10, 1966 Salute to Armed Forces in Viet Nam Day.

1970

1970: The new Center Elementary School opens.

1970: The former Putney school building is closed after the Superintendent of Schools office moved to the old Consolidated/Center School building.

1972

March 23, 1972 - PROPOSED SCHOOL CLOSINGS CAUSES PARENTAL FUROR: A proposal circulated to all Board of Education members by Deputy Superintendent Oliver Carson has created an outbreak of indignation and dissatisfaction among the residents of both the Lordship and Great Neck school districts.

1973

March 1, 1973 - GREAT NECK TO BE CLOSED: Unless a fiscal miracle occurs, the School Board is planning to close down Great Neck School by the opening day of school in September at the latest and perhaps earlier.

1976

November 18, 1976: BOARD OF ED PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GREAT NECK CLOSING: The Stratford Board of Education Planning Committee has recommended the closing of Great Neck School effective next year.

1977

Projected enrollment figures for 1977-78 shows 198 students at Lordship and 103 at Great Neck.

1978

December 6, 1978 - GREAT NECK CENTER POPULAR WITH YOUTH: The new Great Neck Community Center is making a big hit with youths who live in the Lordship section of Town.

1984

In 1984, due to the high growing demand for housing, the land was sold and the recreation center was closed.

2017

2017: Start up (broke ground) for the renovation/new Stratford High School construction project.

2019

The rapidly growing Arlington County school district plans to renovate and expand the Stratford building, on Vacation Lane, to make room for a new middle school that is slated to open by 2019.

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