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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 ]
The Norfolk School Board voted to adopt “special rules” for its public comment period, splitting it into two separate sections. The new procedure passed in a split 4-3 vote Oct. 26. Members ...
A little more than a month after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown, on June 26, 1954, [note 1] Senator Byrd vowed to stop integration attempts in Virginia's schools. By the end of that summer, Governor Thomas B. Stanley, a member of the Byrd Organization, had appointed a Commission on Public Education, consisting of 32 white Democrats and chaired by Virginia Senator Garland "Peck" Gray of ...
Norfolk Vice Mayor Martin Thomas thinks it is past time to discuss closing or consolidating schools. ... The meeting was set to be a general discussion in which city councilors and school board ...
Adale M. Martin Age: 46 Occupation: Executive director, Slover Library Foundation Previous office held, if any: Chair, Norfolk Public School Board (2020-22) Education: Doctorate in public policy ...
Booker T. Washington High School was named in honor of Booker T. Washington who was an African-American educator, author, orator, and adviser to presidents of the United States. In April 1911, when the Norfolk School Board agreed to allow one year of high school at the site of John T. West Elementary School. For each of the next three years, a ...
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 ...
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 ...