Lovejoy School
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LOVEJOY SCHOOL
LOVEJOY SCHOOL WAS CREATED IN 1917 BY THE CONSOLIDATION OF FOREST GROVE AND LICK SPRINGS SCHOOLS. IT WAS NAMED FOR MRS. J. L. LOVEJOY (d. 1939), A LOCAL CLUB- WOMAN WHO PROMOTED MANY EDUCATIONAL CAUSES FOR THE AREA. GRADES 1 THROUGH 9 WERE TAUGHT HERE IN THE "LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE", WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1917 AND CONTAINED 4 CLASSROOMS. LOVEJOY SCHOOL EXPERIENCED AN INFLUX OF NEW STUDENTS INTO ITS RURAL DISTRICT IN THE 1960s, AND LATER EXPANDED ITS FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED ENROLLMENT. Texas Historical marker, 1983. |
Lovejoy School presently serves two rural communities - Lucas and Fairview. Lovejoy Common School District No. 32 was established on July 2, 1917, consolidating two older schools - Forest Grove and Lick Springs. The consolidated district contained 10.39 square miles. About four acres of land upon which to build the school was purchased from the Fitzhugh family. Because Mrs. J. L. Lovejoy of McKinney showed an interest in the school and donated books to its library, the school board chose to name the school in her honor. In 1963 the Lucas school district consolidated with Lovejoy. For many years Lovejoy had only an elementary school that served the area east of Allen. Its students went to Allen for high school.
Since 2000 Lovejoy had built two additional elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. |
