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The Greenville County School District
voted in June of 1968 to build a new school at the intersection of East
Lee Road and Brook Glenn Road. Plans were drawn by Tarleton and
Tankersly for a school with ten classrooms, two team teaching areas, a
library, cafetorium, health room, staff workroom, speech room, lounge,
and office complex. Reece Construction Company began work at the 9.16
acre plot.
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In August of 1968, the Brook Glenn
student body shared facilities with Taylor's Elementary School, using
nine classrooms and four portables. On March 3, 1969, the 350 students
and teachers moved to the new school.
When school began in August of 1969,
there were 452 students and 15 teachers, over-crowding the school. A
class was held on stage and another in the library until the end of
October when the "permanent portable" was added. Enrollment steadily
increased until the eighties saw around 600 students. Then it began to
decline. In 1997, there were about 390 students. For the 2000-2001
school year, enrollment is about 478 students.
Mrs. Helen M. Jordan was the first
principal. Other principals have been Mr. Roy Greene, Mrs. Betty
Payne, Mrs. Carole Phillips, Dr. Tom Sizemore, and principal, Mrs.
Olivia Morris became an Assistant Superintendent for Closing the Gap
in Elementary Schools. Our current Principal is Mrs. Bernice
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