Continuing with the history of the “new” school in the hamlet, it was finally completed in 1935 and during the ensuing years the building would be enlarged twice. With the centralization completed, the last of the old districts schools were closed and all the students were bused to Guilford for their education. However, another “fly in the ointment” arose with the school being built in Mt. Upton. With this new educational facility, it split the township to two competing school districts. Finally this was resolved, no documentation of the meetings leading up to this split, and this new facility continued to serve Guilford well.

Courses in a diversity of subjects. Agriculture, languages, etc. were offered to any student to ascertain their goals in attending a higher education upon graduation. Goals were set for students who wanted a Classical Diploma or a College Entrance Diploma and for those not so inclined to further their education, a wide variety of educational choices.

As written above the building was enlarged twice, once in 1952 and again in 1955. As was written all was serene in Guilford for a while. Wrong!

Proceeding to the year 1960 the need to revamp the high school section of the school, and again the economical factor (AKA as money) was once again in t he forefront. The discussion of combining the high school with another neighboring school system was considered. This idea of merging was discussed and the Schools Boards of Bainbridge and Guilford met informally to discuss this prospect.

Bainbridge at that time was of the mind that they needed to expand their School, and thus the two School Boards began the formal conversations. These conversations were meant to lead to a mutual goat of consolidation, so as to increase the educational possibilities, save the taxpayers money, and additionally increase facilities at both schools. This in mind the idea was born of completely combining two educational systems to one consolidated School District.

However, as has been written previously, all was not well that ends well. Again the objections of giving up Guilford’s independence as a School District raised it head. There were objections from both townships, but again the economic factor was brought to the then present scene.

During the years preceding this objective, school taxes had been continually rising and there were rumblings about the continued rise of the cost of education. On a present note, has anything really changed! However, all concerned taxpayers wanted an excellent education for their children, but the question was, how to pay for it! The whole idea was based on a larger tax base and lower taxes!