The Story of Arlington Public School Desegregation. And in 1947, the NAACP brought a suit against Arlington County Public Schools, asserting that the education provided to Black students was not up to the standards of the white schools. Typewriting, and physical education. Civil Action No. 331 in the United States District Court for the. Proof of Arlington County Residency Forms A and B are only valid until the end of the school year they were submitted. These forms must be updated and resubmitted at the start of every school year to verify residency. The VHSL physical form for high school athletic eligibility and the. Arlington Public Schools prohibits discrimination on.
United StatesInformationType,School boardReid Goldstein, ChairTannia Talento, Vice ChairBarbara Kanninen, Monique O’Grady, Nancy Van DorenSchool districtSuperintendentDr. Patrick MurphyGradesPre-K–12Enrollment28,020 (2019)WebsiteArlington Public Schools is a in.
In 2019, student enrollment was 28,020 students, with students coming from more than 146 countries. In 2015, there were 2,166 teachers.
There are 23 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 4 high schools, 1 secondary institution and 4 other educational programs within the school district.magazine named the and Arlington area as the top place in the nation to educate one's child in 2007.In 2019, close to $637.1 million was budgeted for the school district. Contents.History The first public schools in Arlington County, Virginia (then known as Alexandria County) were established in 1870: the Columbia and Walker schools, which were for whites only, and the Arlington School for Negroes in Freedman’s Village, which was located on land seized from 's. In 1932, Hoffman-Boston Junior High School, opened, allowing black students to pursue education past primary school in Arlington for the first time. However, since Hoffman-Boston was not accredited until the 1950s, many black Arlingtonians commuted to Washington, DC to pursue secondary education. In 1947, the sued the Arlington School Board for not providing equal educational facilities to black students in Constance Carter v. The School Board of Arlington County, Virginia.
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In 1950, the courts ruled in the NAACP's favor. As a result, increased funding was earmarked to the schools for black students and black teachers began receiving equal pay.In 1949, after advocacy from a local citizen's group, Arlingtonians for a Better County, Arlington's school board became the first in Virginia to be democratically elected rather than appointed.In 1954, after the ruling, all public schools in the United States were required to. The political leaders of Virginia and the, led by United States Senator, adopted a policy of ' to desegregation. Under massive resistance, schools that desegregated would be closed and students would be given money to attend private schools until the schools could be resegregated. Ten days after the Brown ruling, the Arlington County School board began a committee to research how to comply with the ruling.
In January 1956, a plan to gradually desegregate Arlington's public schools was released by the committee. Less than a month later, the Virginia General Assembly voted to remove Arlington of its democratically elected school board, which the more conservative Arlington County Board replaced with officials more sympathetic to segregation. The integration plan was overturned by the new school board.
That same year, the NAACP, on behalf of black and white students and their families, sued the new school board in an attempt to compel them to integrate in Clarissa Thompson v. The County School Board of Arlington, which was filed concurrently with other integration lawsuits around Virginia.Many white racial moderates feared that the Board would close public schools rather than allow them to be desegregated. On May 1, 1958, the Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools, an all-white group dedicated to preventing the closure of public schools, which was neutral on segregation, was formed. Historical marker at the site of Stratford Junior High School, now the site of H-B Woodlawn Secondary ProgramOn January 19, 1959, the effectively ended massive resistance by declaring the public school closures in violated of the. On January 22, the Arlington County School Board announced that Stratford Junior High would be the first school to be desegregated.
On February 2, four black students- Ronald Deskins, Michael Jones, Gloria Thompson and Lance Newman- arrived at Stratford, protected by nearly 100 police officers, hoping to avoid what had happened to the. The desegregation of Stratford, the first public school in Virginia to be desegregated, ultimately passed without incident, and an newsletter declared it 'The Day Nothing Happened'. With this, Arlington County became the first school system in Virginia to desegregate.Arlington's public schools gradually continued to integrate, although courts only approved of its pupil placement system as being racially neutral in 1971, twelve years after desegregation began. School dances and athletic events were ended in 1959 by the Arlington County School Board after integration began.
Athletic events were reinstated in 1961, but school dances were held privately for years afterwards. Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High School closed in 1964 and its students were placed in formerly all-white schools. By 1969, all Arlington high schools were desegregated. The only two schools to remain almost completely segregated were Drew Elementary School and Hoffman-Boston Elementary School.
In the case John E. County School Board of Arlington County, Virginia, parents of Drew Elementary School students sued the Arlington County School Board for further integration. The School Board announced a plan, which the courts approved of, to Drew and Hoffman-Boston Elementary School students to other elementary schools around Arlington.Arlington's school board was eventually allowed to be democratically elected again, rather than be appointed by the Arlington County Board.In the wake of the August 2017, deadly protesting the removal of a statue of, the Arlington County School Board voted unanimously in June 2018 to rename to remove Lee's name, sparking outrage among many in the community. In the months prior to the name change, the Arlington County school board narrowed several options to 'Washington-Loving High School', their top choice in honor of the court case, and 'Washington-Liberty High School'. On January 10, 2019, the school board voted unanimously for the latter name.In 2019, Arlington Public Schools celebrated the 60th anniversary of desegregation in Arlington. Schools Elementary schools. Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington County, Virginia in 2011.
Abingdon Elementary School. Alice West Fleet Elementary School.
Arlington Science Focus Elementary School. Arlington Traditional School. Ashlawn Elementary School. Barcroft Elementary School. Barrett Elementary School. Campbell Elementary School.
Carlin Springs Elementary School (formerly Glencarlyn). Claremont Immersion Elementary School. Discovery Elementary School. Dr.
Drew Elementary School. Glebe Elementary School. Hoffman-Boston Elementary School. Jamestown Elementary School.
Key Immersion Elementary School. Long Branch Elementary School. McKinley Elementary School. Montessori Public School of Arlington. Nottingham Elementary School. Oakridge Elementary School. Randolph Elementary School.
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Taylor Elementary School. Tuckahoe Elementary SchoolMiddle schools. Brown Planetarium in 2017The David M. Brown Planetarium is operated by Arlington Schools Planetarium for both Arlington school field trips and public multimedia programs. It offers shows for the general public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the school year. The planetarium is named for astronaut, a graduate of Arlington's who was killed in the in 2003.The is a 225-acre outdoor facility operated by Arlington Schools and located in.
In addition to a large classroom building, the lab facility has a pond, streams, small mountains, and forested areas.References. ^ Arlington Public Schools.
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