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The school, previously known as Larchmont School and at one time having middle school grades, [6] began in October 1913. Originally a part of the Tanner’s Creek School Board, it became a part of the Norfolk school district after Norfolk annexed the area on January 1, 1923. [ 7 ]
In 1915 the high school was moved to Princess Anne Road, where Norfolk Mission College had been located and adopted the name Booker T. Washington High School. [3] [4] In 1917, Booker T. Washington High School became Virginia’s first accredited public high school for African Americans. A new building opened on Virginia Beach Boulevard in 1924.
Granby High School is the only high school in the Norfolk Public Schools system that offers the International Baccalaureate Program, or IB, abbreviated. Specifically known as the IB Diploma Program, the program is a two-year academically rigorous curriculum intended for juniors and seniors who desire in-depth scholastic preparation for college ...
Carl Poole, the Norfolk campaign coordinator for New Virginia Majority, asked the Norfolk Public Schools division for the bus schedule and the location of the bus ...
In 2005, Norfolk Public Schools won the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education award for having demonstrated, "the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority students". [1] The city had previously been nominated in 2003 and 2004.
Norfolk schools will require most students serving long-term suspensions to attend alternative school. The school board last week approved revisions to the policy governing suspensions and ...
Norview High School is a public high school in central Norfolk, Virginia. Norview High School is one of the five local high schools that serve the city in the Norfolk Public Schools system. It is home of the Dodson Scholars Program and the Leadership Center for Science and Engineering program (or commonly referred to as LCSE). On February 2 ...
In 1971, the Norfolk Public School system began busing students to schools across the city to fulfill a school desegregation initiative which had been ordered by the courts. Speaking at a rally in opposition to the busing, Thomas, who was chairman of the Norfolk School Board, pledged to keep his children in public schools and urged other ...