On September 5, 1961 Sherwood School opened. Enrolled for that first day were 292 children, in kindergarten through fourth grade, exclusively from the Sherwood Forest area. Initially, Sherwood had eleven classrooms, a school office, and a multi-purpose room. The multi-purpose room served as lunch room, gymnasium, and general meeting room.
During the 1960’s, several other residential areas within the district boundaries began developing. Attendance patterns all changed by 1966 when Sherwood expanded to include 9 classrooms, a gymnasium, a stage, a full library-learning center, conference rooms, and a teacher’s lounge. In 1965 and 1966, enrollment grew dramatically as Briarwood Vista, King’s Cove, Colony Point and fifth grade were admitted to Sherwood. In 1979, Sherwood sixth graders and students from Middle Ridge neighborhood added students to Sherwood’s attendance.
In 1985, the completion of the Deer Run development added one more neighborhood to Sherwood’s attendance area. In 1991, Deerfield Estates was developed as an additional Sherwood neighborhood.
In 1993 parents of the Deerfield neighborhoods of Sherwood’s attendance areas pursued the possibility of having their children attend school in Deerfield District 109. This eventually resulted in an intergovernmental agreement between School District 109 and 112 to allow parents a limited choice, which occurred over a two year period. As a result of four of the five neighborhoods (all but Deerfield Estates) predominantly choosing Deerfield schools, these areas were deannexed in July of 1996, although some children from all these neighborhoods continued to attend Sherwood.
Sherwood School, along with all District 108, became part of a consolidated North Shore School District 112 in the summer of 1993. In 1998 boundary changes brought additional students from North Sherwood Forest and Deerfield Place. Those changes, along with the start up of the Dual Language magnet program at Sherwood required the construction of the new addition, which was completed six months early in February, 1999.
All restrooms in the building were updated in 2006. In 2007, building improvements brought new floor tile, hallway painting, in addition to student cubbies for coats and supplies in the school hallways. Sherwood currently houses 397 students in grades K-5. |
