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One of the first community buildings to be erected in a new settlement, after the churches, was the school. Greenbank's school, SS#12, was the first in the Township of Reach. Isaac Cragg donated land at the southeast corner of his property, adjacent to the old Brock Road and next to Copperthwaite's blacksmith shop for the school, and the logs to build it, c. 1847. It was several years before the school was open on a regular basis throughout the year. Isaac was one of the first Trustees and his brother Timothy the Secretary Treasurer. The first school master was James Harlow. A frame building followed the early log cabin. In 1865, the school was moved to the geographic centre of the school section and the new village of Greenbank ,at the intersection of Centre Road and Concession 11. In 1874 the new frame board and batten school structure was built. In 1909 vestibules were added to accommodate a second teacher and more students, and the building was clad in red brick. The reputation of the Greenbank school was such that students from as far away as Marsh Hill and Saintfield walked over three miles to attend classes.