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New Kent High School is a public high school located in New Kent, Virginia, east of Richmond. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Bay Rivers District in Region I . The school relocated to a new facility for the 2008–2009 school year.
Pages in category "Schools in New Kent County, Virginia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. N.
New Kent County was established in 1654, as the Virginia General Assembly with the governor's consent split York County. [3] The county's name originated because several prominent inhabitants, including William Claiborne, recently had been forced from their settlement at Kent Island, Maryland, by Lord Baltimore upon the formation of Maryland. [4]
George W. Watkins Elementary School is an elementary school located in Quinton, Virginia, and is one of two such schools in New Kent County.As a formerly African American-only high school, it, along with the nearby New Kent High School is a National Historic Landmark [3] [4] and is associated with the Supreme Court case Green v.
Schools in New Kent County, Virginia (3 P) Pages in category "Education in New Kent County, Virginia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
At the time of the 1960 census, in New Kent County, Virginia, approximately half of the 4,500 residents were African American. [4] [1] The school system had only two schools, the New Kent School for white students and the George W. Watkins School for black students. [5] School buses traveled overlapping routes throughout the county.
New Kent High School is a historic school in New Kent, Virginia. The school, along with the nearby George W. Watkins Elementary School, is associated with the landmark Supreme Court case Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968), in which the court defined what the standards of Brown v.
Each school division is overseen by a school board, whose members are either appointed by the elected officials of the participating local entities or by public elections. A Superintendent of Schools (Division Superintendent) is customarily the highest-ranking employee of a school division.