Deery Eakin Primary School
History of Deery Eakin Primary School
In the early 1950's Central Elementary School, later named
Deery Eakin Primary School, was located on Union Street as an
annex of Shelbyville Central High School and contained Grades
1-8. In 1955, Grades 1-3 were relocated to the Tate House
directly across the street from the high school due to
overcrowded classrooms. Mr. Shubert, Mr. James Cortner,and Mr.
James Deery Eakin were the principals of the school during the
early years.
- In 1963, a new building was built on the current site
containing grades 1-8. Mr. Eakin
- was principal of the school. During that time there were
two teachers at each grade level
- and the school had a full athletic program.
-
- In the late 1970's, the 7th and 8th grades were relocated
to Harris Middle School and
- eventually the sixth grade was also moved to the middle
school. The school remained K-
- 5 until 1988 when the elementary schools in the school
system were restructured and the
- school became a K-3 primary school, which is the current
configuration.
- In 1979, the school was renamed Deery Eakin Primary
School after Mr. James Deery
- Eakin who was principal of the school for a total of 19
years. Mr. Eakin served a total of
- 30 years with the school system.
-
- Following Mr. Eakin's retirement, Mr. Joe Ingram served
as principal of the school for 2
- years. Mr. Don Shelton became principal during the
1981-82 school year and remained
- in that position until his retirement in 1995. Mr. Don
Embry is the current principal of the
- school.
- Eakin Primary School currently serves 520 students in
grades Pre-Kindergarten through
- 3rd grade. There are 39 certified teachers on the faculty
and 12 support personnel.
