Also around this time, Pleasant Street Elementary School was opened in the South end.
To make room for Aitken School's addition, the original 1930s annex building was torn down.
In 2004, the district's longtime assistant superintendent, Dr. Kevin Hurley, died from cancer at age 52.
In 2006, the town of Seekonk ran into a budget crisis and, after a town vote, the school department laid off many staff and was forced to close North Elementary School and the Administration Building.
The Seekonk Public School department operates a fleet of 22 buses, currently 14 of these are 77 passenger (full-size).
Starting in the 1980s, mini passenger buses were used to transport special education students out of the district.