John Wayland Elementary School was a 1989 consolidation of the old schools at Bridgwater and Dayton. When the new Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1989, the old high school became the area middle school and the old John Wayland Middle School building was converted for use as a elementary school. Edmund P. Price, who had been the principal at Bridgewater during the 1988-89 school year, became the first principal at the newly-created John Wayland Elementary School. Mr. Price served as principal until 2000, when he was replaced by Nancy Lantz. Mr. Price was named principal of Keezletown Elementary School and was assigned the responsibility of opening a new school, Peak View, which will replace Keezletown in the fall of 2001.

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