Building Structure and Location
The school building opened in January 1950, as a brand new elementary school and served the community as an elementary school until it was converted into a high school. It was named Yorktown from its opening. At that time it was a one-story building and only housed the elementary students. Greenbrier Elementary School was a different building which has since been renamed Campbell Elementary School and is located near Carlin Springs Road. Neither school building housed a public broadcasting studio. Additions have been continually added to Yorktown over the years, making the school much larger, but leaving many of the older sections still incorporated within the walls, often still being used as classrooms. There are plans to rebuild the school. Yorktown is placed on a small parcel of land and does not own its adjacent newly renovated athletic grounds, which instead belong to Arlington County and are known as Greenbrier Park. Construction has been completed on Greenbrier Park. Individual softball and baseball fields have been installed along with a new turf field to be used for football, field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. A rubberized track has also been added. Greenbrier Park abuts a small playground frequented by small children and their parents.
The school is currently in its last phase of construction. First a square, three-floor building was built and connected by a tunnel to the old building. Over the next summer a long section of the new building was completed and attached directly to the first phase, and most of the old building was demolished leaving only a small section of science and music classrooms. The newest wing of the new building, the pool, and the gymnasium were then opened over Winter Break of the next year and the final section of the old building was demolished. Right now, the last wing is being finished along with the courtyard. A formal overview of the construction is below.
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