Manassas Regional High School

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Manassas Regional High School
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Manassas Regional High School
9601 Wellington Road, Manassas, VA 20110
Coordinates 38°44′48″N77°29′16″W / 38.746792°N 77.487838°W / 38.746792; -77.487838 Coordinates: 38°44′48″N77°29′16″W / 38.746792°N 77.487838°W / 38.746792; -77.487838 -->
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Other nameJennie Dean High School (1960-66)
Former nameManassas Industrial School for Colored Youth (1894-1938)
TypePublic, segregated
Established1938 (1938)
Closed1966
Campus size100 acres (40 ha)
Nickname Jennie Dean
Last updated: 28 December 2017

Manassas Regional High School was a segregated public school for black students that existed from 1938 until 1966 in Manassas, Virginia. It served black students from Prince William, Warren, Fauquier, and Fairfax counties. [1]

The school was the successor to Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, a private vocational school for black students founded in 1894. [2]

The buildings were demolished in the late 1960s and 1970s, [3] and Jennie Dean Elementary School was built on part of the site. Five acres of the current campus are a park and archeological site devoted to Manassas Industrial School and Jennie Dean. [4]

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