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Important Statistics Concerning
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| 1822 | Teaneck's first school organized |
| 1869 | School built next to the present Town House known as "The Little Red School House." |
| 1895 | Teaneck Township officially established; public school population numbers at 221. |
| 1906 | Original School #2 (Washington Irving), now the Town House, completed. |
| 1910 | School #1 (Longfellow) erected. |
| 1912 | School population numbered at 407 students |
| 1916 | School #3 (Emerson) erected. |
| 1920 | School #1 (Longfellow) rebuilt after being partially destroyed by fire. Additional rooms added 1921. |
| 1922 | Public School population numbered at 1,154 students. |
| 1923 | School #4 (Whittier) erected. |
| 1925 | School #5 (Hawthorne) erected. |
| 1926 | School #6 (Bryant) erected; Whittier School auditorium added. |
| 1928 | Public School population numbered at 2,318. |
| 1929 | Senior high school erected. |
| 1934 | School #7 (Lowell) completed. |
| 1936 | Dedication of junior high school wing at the senior high school. |
| 1937 | Two side wings added to Whittier School |
| 1941 | Present School #2 (Washington Irving) completed. |
| 1949 | Construction of Bryant School addition. |
| 1950 | Back wing of Whittier School added. |
| 1954 | Teaneck High School goes on double session (until the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Junior High School). |
| 1955 | Construction of second addition at Bryant School and at high school; public school population numbered at 6,977. |
| 1956 | Renovation of Longfellow School; construction of School #8 (Eugene Field). |
| 1957 | Benjamin Franklin Junior High School erected. (Students goon double session until completion of Thomas Jefferson Junior High School.) |
| 1958 | Thomas Jefferson Junior High School completed; public school population numbered at 7,861. |
| 1960 | Public School population numbered at 8,152. |
| 1964 | Establishment of the township's central sixth grade school at Bryant School. |
| 1968 | Establishment of the township's central kindergarten at Washington Irving School. |
| 1970 | Public School population numbered at 8,267. |
| 1972 | Establishment of the township's central kindergarten - first grade schools at Washington Irving and Bryant Schools; the dissolution of Teaneck's central sixth grade school. |
| 1976 | Public school population numbered at 6,839. |
Teaneck Public Library 840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 Tel.: (201) 837-4171, Fax: (201) 837-0410 |