Charlottesville City Public Schools

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Charlottesville City Schools
Location
, Virginia
United States
District information
Type Public School division
MottoNeighborhood Schools. Great Teachers. Infinite Possibilities.
SuperintendentDr. Royal A. Gurley, Jr. [1]
School board charlottesvilleschools.org/home/school-board/
Students and staff
Enrollment4,340 (October 2018) [2]
Athletic conference Jefferson District
Virginia High School League
Other information
Website charlottesvilleschools.org

Charlottesville City Schools, also known as Charlottesville City Public Schools, is the school division that administers public education in the United States city of Charlottesville, Virginia. The current superintendent is Dr. Royal A. Gurley, Jr.

Contents

Schools

The school system comprises four levels of school which are, in order from earliest to latest: Elementary, Academy, Middle and High schools.

Elementary schools

The city schools system has six elementary schools which teach Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade, Third grade and Fourth grade.

Upper Elementary school

Unlike most traditional American school systems, Charlottesville City schools have an Upper Elementary which adds an additional step between Elementary school and Middle/Jr. High school. The school is Walker Upper Elementary school and it teaches Fifth grade and Sixth grade. Walker Elementary is named after Hazewell H. Walker, who was a teacher in the school system. He was also a Rotarian. [3]

Middle school

Buford Middle school is the system's middle school. It teaches Seventh grade and Eighth grade.

High school

The system has only one high school which is Charlottesville High School. It teaches Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade and Twelfth grade.

History

Charlottesville's public schools were segregated for decades. Despite the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the school board refused to integrate. A lawsuit representing black students from Burley High School and the Jefferson School led the city to undertake the strategy of Massive Resistance, closing the public schools to avoid integrating.

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References

  1. "Leadership". Charlottesville City Schools. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. "Fast Facts". Charlottesville City Schools. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  3. "Mayor Fife to Unveil Walker Portrait at HS". Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune. May 9, 1974.