Baxter Primary School

Baxter Primary School is a school for grades pre-K to 5th grade, founded in 1921 by the Cornwall Council and it's namesake the first Mayor of Cornwall, Craig Baxter. Due to the town's small size the classes have always been combined, except grades pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. All other grades are taught in combined classrooms like (1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, etc) because most classes only have about ten students.

The orginial building was finshed in 1922 for grades K-2, and increased one grade higher for the next three years. In 1932 the Pre-kindergarten classes were added, before that either kids were taught at home or didn't get the early head start.

In 1966 students also had to option of attending Cornwall Village School due to the Cornwall education referendum, 1966. The Village School's standards are put to a higher level because the classes weren't combined. A year after that the council placed a fee per month if parents used the Pre-Kindergarten service of five dollars, it hasn't changed since. Many times this has tried to be abolish since it basically makes public education have a cost, the Education Committee voted on the motion in 1980, 1982, 1997, 2004 and most recently 2008, each time failing by a vote of two in favor and three against.