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Garrett Park Elementary
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4810 Oxford
Street, Kensington , MD 20895
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The
original school at 10701 Kenilworth Avenue, Garrett
Park, Maryland was converted to a house around 1930. |
History
of Garrett Park School |
The original
Garrett Park Elementary School had its beginnings in 1893
as a
one-room building. Seven grades were taught, all by one teacher,
and the enrollment usually averaged 20-25 students. |
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In time,
this building became too small, so in 1928, a new building
was constructed
on a large plot of donated farm land at the edge of town.
This new school opened as a two-room, two-teacher school, offering
six
grades. Today that building is the Day Care Center.
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Although
there were some years of declining enrollment, community support
helped the school grow again. In 1952, the red brick portion
of the current building was dedicated. Two additions during
the 1950's added more classrooms. The Marlow Media Center was
added
in 1974. A new three-classroom addition was completed in the
Fall of 1992. |
Another
8 room addition was completed in 2006 which will become part
of the modernized building to be completed in 2011. |
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