347 Cedar Green Road
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Last updated on November 21, 2024
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The Augusta County Training School was built in 1939 in Cedar Green, an African American community. Booker T. Washington proposed that the training school idea be used to provide industrial and vocational training and prepare future teachers. When the school opened, it served more as a consolidated school and provided instruction from elementary to two years of high school. For students to complete high school, they attended Booker T. Washington School. Augusta County Training School was one of the four black schools in Augusta County in the 1940s. Rural schools closed due to low enrollment, and students were bused from around the county to Augusta County Training School. The school experiences overcrowding and negligence of maintenance and repairs. There was an addition to the school in 1941. By the 1950s, Augusta County Training School was one of two black schools in the county. During this time, the parent-teach association for Augusta County Training School voiced their concerns. It demanded change from the school board for a new school and for additional improvements that were often ignored. By the end of the 1950s, a new black high school, Central Augusta High School, was built. The Augusta County Training School was reverted into a black elementary school. The school remained open until 1964, when Augusta Count integrated schools. The building was empty until the American Legion purchased it in 1966.
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