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Amelia County Public Schools is a school district that serves Amelia County, Virginia in primary and secondary education. The district is headquartered in Amelia Courthouse. The district is led by superintendent is Dr. Lori Harper. The school district became desegregated in the 1960s after the Brown v. Board of Education supreme court case.
Amelia County High School (ACHS), part of the Amelia County Public Schools system, is a public high school located in Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, United States. ACHS serves over 500 students grades 9–12 to citizens within Amelia County .
Prior to the integration of public schools in 1969, education for black students was sparse in rural Virginia. In 1865, widowed by her fallen husband, who had been a Union army officer, Samantha Jane Neil began educating freed slaves in Amelia County. [1]
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NB: James City County and the City of Williamsburg operate a joint school system. All of the district's high schools have "Williamsburg" postal addresses, but are located in the County. Jamestown High School, Williamsburg; Lafayette High School, Williamsburg; Warhill High School, Williamsburg (opened in 2007)
Pages in category "Schools in Amelia County, Virginia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Amelia Academy; Amelia County High School; R.
In Goochland, Hanover, Chesterfield, Henrico, the City of Richmond, Amelia, or any other parts of the Richmond metro area. labeled middle school, intermediate school, or junior high school in title, or educate students in those grades. Middle schools in Central Virginia follow state and their respective counties' laws.
Amelia Academy was founded in 1964 during Virginia's policy of massive resistance to court-mandated integration of public schools. [3] At this time most of the white students in Amelia County transferred to the new Amelia Academy as a segregation academy. [4]