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Turner Creek Year Round Elementary opened
in July of 2004 as a brand new school. The property was acquired by Wake County
Public Schools in September of 2001. The property was purchased from Garland
Walker and Bertha Scott Herndon who were the owners since
1936. Aaron and Corriner Scott owned the property from 1900 to 1936.
The Scott/Herndon property had been used for farmland
and a home place. Animals and Livestock as well as a variety of birds and wildlife,
including treefrogs lived on the property. It
also
was
the
home
of
an
elementary
school
named
Scott
Grove Elementary School. Bertha
Herndon received her initial education at Scott Grove Elementary School. She
was a first generation college graduate who taught school in the Chatham County
Public School System for 38 years. She and her husband,
Garland, produced three children with each becoming educators in the Wake County
Public School System. Two of their great-grand children (Aaron and Corriner Scott's
great-great grandchildren) are current members of
the school body of Turner Creek Road Elementary school.
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