Prince Edward County High School

Prince Edward County High School
Address
35 Eagle Drive
Farmville, Virginia 23901
United States
Coordinates 37°15′52.7″N 78°24′7.8″W / 37.264639°N 78.402167°W / 37.264639; -78.402167Coordinates: 37°15′52.7″N 78°24′7.8″W / 37.264639°N 78.402167°W / 37.264639; -78.402167
Information
School type Public high school
School district Prince Edward County Public Schools
Principal Mr. Zoltan Kerestely [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 752 (2011)
Language English
Color(s) Purple, Gold          
Athletics conference Southside District
Region I
Mascot Eagle
Rival Nottoway County High School
Newspaper In Flight
Website Official Site

Prince Edward County High School is a public high school located in Farmville community in Prince Edward County, Virginia. It is part of the Prince Edward County School Division. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Southside District in Region I.

Prince Edward County High School is best known for the landmark cases Davis vs. The Prince Edward County Board of Education and Griffin vs. the Prince Edward County Board of Education. In 1951, then Moton High School was all black and very impoverished. The white students, at that time, attended public all white schools. The legal case became one of five others forming the foundation of the landmark case, Brown Versus The Board of Education. By 1959, when the county schools were finally forced to integrate, Prince Edward County reacted by closing their public schools to both white and black students. Moton High School remained closed for numerous years. Blacks who wished an education, were forced out of the county. Moton High was eventually reopened as Prince Edward High School and later renamed Prince Edward County High School.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.