Longview School

 Longview History

Longview History

Longview was originally built in 1950 in Gaithersburg, MD.  It was opened as one of the first all black schools in Montgomery County and was first named Emory Grove Consolidated Colored Elementary School. The renaming committee selected Longview to represent the “long” distance traveled by the students and the beautiful view seen from the school (Sugarloaf Mountain off in the distance). The school housed a regular education population until 1961 when Longview became a special education school for children with disabilities. The building, still in use, is now known as the Emory Grove Center and is currently home to alternative education programs.