Stories of trauma and pride: Alumni discuss desegregation and closure of E.E. Butler Instructors at E.E. Butler High School are seen in this photo provided by Newtown Florist Club.
Built as a brand-new high school for Gainesville s Black students in the 1960s, E.E. Butler High School was only around for seven years. But the excellence that was fostered and flourished in its hallways, athletic fields and classrooms still permeate 52 years after its closure.
The segregated American public school system was dismantled by the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954.
However, the unintended consequences of school desegregation not only led to E.E. Butler’s closure in 1969 but a generation of Black students who experienced a traumatic loss of identity in their new schools, according to alumni from Butler, who shared their stories in a virtual forum hosted by the Newtown Florist Club on Monday, Feb. 22, as a
Parents, educators wonder what standardized tests will be like, if students have to take them
James Martin said his children have dealt with COVID-19 related family deaths, financial hardships and the adjustment of in-person classes all in one school year. He said his son, a freshman at Flowery Branch High School, is worried about staying healthy and completing weekly assignments, not “proving” his knowledge in a standardized test.
“This test is the last worry students need right now is a high stakes test looming over their head,” Martin said.
In the request letter, Kemp and Woods state that while students must be supported, the focus should not be on “test scores, accountability or percentiles.”
By AccessWDUN staff
Brekelle Wilkes and Ivan Saunders (photo on the left) were the top spellers in the 2021 Hall County School District Spelling Bee; Saunders, a 5th grader, won the Jan. 27 competition among 34 spellers. Andrew Mady (photo on the right) from Gainesville Middle School won the Gainesville City School System Spelling Bee on Jan. 29.
Both the Hall County School District and the Gainesville City School System held their annual spelling bees this past week, and the top spellers in the two districts will now advance to the district competition.
Hall County s top speller for 2021 was Ivan Saunders, a 5th grader from World Language Academy Elementary School. After second place finisher Brekelle Wilkes stumbled on the word copse, Saunders correctly spelled the words scabbard and litany to take the competition. The Hall County bee, held on Jan. 27 at East Hall High School s Performing Arts Center, featured 34 students from 24 schools in the district. This year s
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