Charlottesville City Schools, also known as Charlottesville City Public Schools, is the
school division that administers
public education
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in the
United States city of
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
. The current superintendent is Dr. Royal A. Gurley, Jr.
Schools
The school system comprises four levels of school which are, in order from earliest to latest:
Elementary, Academy,
Middle
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Places
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* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
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and
High
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Science and technology
* Height
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schools.
Elementary schools
The city schools system has six elementary schools which teach
Kindergarten,
First grade,
Second grade,
Third grade and
Fourth grade.
*Burnley-Moran Elementary
*Clark Elementary
*Greenbrier Elementary
*Jackson-Via Elementary
*Johnson Elementary
*Venable Elementary
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.
Middle school
Buford Middle school is the system's middle school. It teaches
Seventh grade and
Eighth grade
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.
High school
The system has only one high school which is Charlottesville High School. It teaches
Ninth grade
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,
Tenth grade,
Eleventh grade
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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
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, closing the public schools to avoid integrating.
References
External links
Charlottesville City Public Schools(Official website)
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School divisions in Virginia
Education in Charlottesville, Virginia
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