About Us / History of George Whitlow Elementary School

Whitlow Elementary–

Whitlow Elementary opened in 2009 with 1,000 students from Cumming,Shiloh Point and Vickery Creek elementary schools. Dr. Lynne Castleberry is theschool’s first principal. A portion of the school land was donated by theWhitlow Family. The school is named after the late Mr. George W. Whitlow, who hada retirement home on the parcel of land. Mr. Whitlow served his country in theUnited States Navy and played for the St. Louis Cardinals. His family made the land donation to serve asa reminder for Mr. Whitlow’s love of his land and his love of children.