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Woodlawn High School was a public secondary school located in Carroll County, Virginia, at Woodlawn, Virginia. The school's last academic year as a high school was 1968-1969. One hundred and four seniors graduated in the final class of 1969. The following year all tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students became part of the new Carroll County High School, in Hillsville, Virginia.〔Graduation Set for June 4. (May 29, 1969) ''The Carroll News'', p. 1.〕 After 138 years the Carroll County School Board voted to close the school in 2013; the historic structures and future of the campus is unclear. ==History== The school was founded in 1878 by Isaac A. Minor as a private school called the Woodlawn Male and Female Academy. In 1898 the name was changed to the Woodlawn Normal Institute and later to Woodlawn High School in 1907. It became the first public high school in Carroll County and was among the earliest in the state of Virginia.〔Worrell, A. (2009, January) Woodlawn School Tabbed for Historical Marker. ''The Carroll News''. Retrieved from http://www.thecarrollnews.com/view/full_story/5528284/article-Woodlawn-School-tabbed-for-historical-marker.〕 The Virginia General Assembly doubled the state's education budget in 1906 and passed the Mann High School Bill. This bill, named after Senator William Hodges Mann of Nottoway County, obligated the state to pay matching funds to any district that built a high school. Over the next four years, Virginia school districts constructed 285 new high schools including Woodlawn.〔Encyclopedia Virginia. http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Progressive_Movement Time Line 1906.〕 A dormitory was added to the campus in the 1890s to house students from several nearby counties and states. Students were known to attend the school from as far away as California. The dormitory was destroyed by fire in 1903.〔Woodlawn. (2006, Spring) Vol. 25. ''Carroll County Chronicles''. p. 9.〕 A new three story dormitory followed in 1904 with a cafeteria, parlor, music room and rooms for boarders. At one time it also contained one of the first circulating school libraries in Virginia. This building was later used by the high school for a cafeteria, supply store and extra classrooms until it too was destroyed by fire on January 27, 1960.〔Woodlawn. (2006, Spring) Vol. 25. ''Carroll County Chronicles''. p. 8-10.〕 Construction of the high school's early, main academic building began in 1907 on twelve acres of land. Members of the Woodlawn community raised the needed funds for the project themselves without government assistance. The building opened to students on January 19, 1909. Two additional classrooms and an auditorium were added to the building in the 1930s. Four additional classrooms were added to house elementary grades in the early 1950s.〔Woodlawn. (2006, Spring) Vol. 25. ''Carroll County Chronicles''. p. 12.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodlawn High School (Woodlawn, Virginia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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