Woodlawn High School (Woodlawn, Virginia)
| Woodlawn High School | |
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Woodlawn, Virginia 24381 United States
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| Coordinates | 36°43′37.4″N 80°49′07.4″W / 36.727056°N 80.818722°WCoordinates: 36°43′37.4″N 80°49′07.4″W / 36.727056°N 80.818722°W |
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| School type | private / normal institute / public secondary |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Status | consolidated into Carroll County High School (Hillsville, Virginia) in 1969 |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and White |
| Mascot | Raiders |
| Newspaper | The Reminder |
| Yearbook | Raider |
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. 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.
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.
Woodlawn Male and Female Academy was a boarding school attracting students from several nearby counties and states. While most out-of-state students were from North Carolina, one student was known to attend the school from as far away as California. There were 123 students enrolled with 25 teachers on staff in 1898. A dormitory was constructed on campus to house students but was destroyed by fire in 1903.
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.
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.
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