When Spencer Valley School moved out of Greensville School, the principal’s office was transferred into a library. This remained so until 1972 when Glen Whitwell was appointed librarian. The library was then moved to the present staff room. In 1973 the library moved into room 8 where it remained until 1977.
In 1970, the wall between the two original class rooms was removed in order to provide an area for team teaching. In 1974, the room was carpeted in order to improve sound qualities. The room was remodeled in the summer of 1977 with the installation of a dropped ceiling and a room divider in order to separate the library and class room area. Long range plans call for the eventual removal of the dividing wall and conversion of the entire room into a library.
During the March Break in 1974, the east wing had dropped ceilings and fluorescent lights installed. This resulted in less electricity being used and less heat being used to heat the rooms. In 1975, the electrical wiring to the school was replaced due to an overworked fuse box which had blown its master fuse twice during the previous winter.
There were plans in the early 70’s to construct another addition to the school. It would have been built on the north side of the original school and would have included a library and change rooms. With the availability of an extra class and a curtailment of new construction by the Ministry of Education, the plans never got past the rough sketch stage.
On the first of January, 1969, the West Flamborough Public School Board was amalgamated with the other Public and High School Boards to create the Wentworth County Board of Education. Although the educational planning and organization was now to be carried out on a regional basis, the concept of the community school was to be encouraged, and Greensville School has continued to play a role in the community beyond the one traditionally assigned to education.
With the completion of the Spencer Valley School, Greensville School was reorganized to provide education to students from Kindergarten through grade 6. Its first principal was Robert Perry who remained in this position until he was transferred to Dundana School in 1972. His successor was Howard Rhodes who is the present principal. The present enrollment is 352 pupils in classes from kindergarten through grade 6. The present staff includes eleven teachers, one teacher librarian, a half time teacher a principal, secretary, janitor and housekeeper.
School facilities have been used by many community organizations for meeting and sports activities. The school playground is used after school hours and on weekends by the area children and by a number of adults on occasion. School associated sports leagues use the gymnasium and playground for team sports such as soccer, floor hockey and baseball.
The school’s community continues to expand as the Greensville area sees more small housing developments opened. Two of the latest to develop are on Forest Avenue and Spencer Estates in Highway #8 to the west of Bullock’s Corners. This, accompanied by infilling in the older surveys such as Grand Vista Gardens’ and line development along various roads and concession of the area, has brought a steady growth to the area now served by Greensville School. This growth, however, has not brought spectacular increases in school population. Since 1969, Union “A”, Glenwood and West Flamboro Schools have been closed and the students who would have attended those schools now attend Greensville School for their Primary and Junior Education. At the end of the 1977-78 school year, Bowman School will close and its remaining pupils will be transferred to Greensville. Greensville, in turn, will become a K-5 school with all the grades 6, 7 and 8 pupils living in the former township of West Flamborough above the escarpment attending Spencer Valley School.
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