1st School at Present
East Side Primary Site
A
school has been at this location since 1912 when the Brandon Training School,
a 1-12 school, relocated from Wartrace, Tennessee to a new building erected
specifically for its use on Elliott Street. The school maintained that name
while serving a variety of different grade levels until after the depression
when it was called East Side because of its location on the East Side of
Shelbyville.
The
present campus currently serving a population of 360 students in K-3 consists
of a building that has been constructed on three different occasions. The
oldest part was built in 1965 and houses the kindergarten -first grade
section and the kitchen. In 1975 an addition was built which contains the
second and third grade wing. In 1996 the newest part of our building opened.
It contains a large multipurpose playroom, a spacious library, two related
arts classrooms, a teacher's lounge, and a workroom.
Source:
The Educational History of Shelbyville, Tennessee 1870-1954 by Joe
Mason Ingram
    
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