South Public School

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South Public School
Address
260 Kent Street South
Simcoe, Ontario, N3Y 1A1, Canada
Information
School board Norfolk Board of Education (now Grand Erie District School Board)
Grades K-6
Language English

South Public School is also a defunct elementary school in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Like its rival campus to the north called North Public School, this school was also considered to be a feeder school to Elgin Avenue Public School and Simcoe Composite School. This school was established in 1917 as the South Ward School in order to serve a growing community. For more than 80 years, the school was attended by children who lived in the southern residential neighborhoods of Simcoe.

Generations of South Public School students had the benefit of being educated with walking distance from the Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show. During the baby boom, funding for education increased exponentially and this encouraged a rise in the birth rate. During the 1970s, 1980s, and the early 1990s, this school had the largest playground in Simcoe. However, downtown was the divider between children who could attend this school and children who had to attend North Public School. Eventually, the school was closed due to lack of enrollment and education cutbacks.

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