Pike Road High School is a public school in Pike Road, Alabama , United States, a part of Pike Road Schools . The school site was home to the People's Village School , later renamed Georgia Washington Middle School , until it was acquired by the school system of Pike Road .
13-504: The school was formerly in the Mount Meigs community. The school was founded in 1893 by Georgia Washington (1851-1952), a woman who was born a slave in Virginia; she was sold along with her mother, away from her father. After emancipation she graduated from Hampton University (1882), an HBCU in Virginia where she taught for a while before moving to Mount Meigs, Alabama , where she started
26-577: A school. By October of that year she opened a public school in her 12-foot (3.7 m) by 13-foot (4.0 m) rented cabin. It later moved to the Antioch Baptist Church. By February 1894 the residents bought a plot of land and built an 18-foot (5.5 m) by 36-foot (11 m) schoolhouse. By 1916 the Peoples Village School occupied a two-story schoolhouse. The current Georgia Washington School opened in 1950. Washington died in 1952, and
39-453: A small school, called the People's Village School. At the time, Mount Meigs was a rural area with a significant African-American population, and the school's first building was a small cabin, 12 by 13 feet, where Washington had four boys as students. Washington is buried on the school grounds. By 1916 enrollment had reached 225. Washington retired in 1936, and after her death in 1952 the school
52-400: A small school, called the People's Village School. At the time, Mount Meigs was a rural area with a significant African-American population, and the school's first building was a small cabin, 12 by 13 feet, where Washington had four boys as students. Washington is buried on the school grounds. By 1916 enrollment had reached 225. Washington retired in 1936, and after her death in 1952 the school
65-598: Is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama . The Mount Meigs Campus , a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Services , is in Mount Meigs. Mount Meigs is located at 32°21′46″N 86°6′7″W / 32.36278°N 86.10194°W / 32.36278; -86.10194 . Georgia Washington established what became known as
78-497: Is located behind Kilby. The Mount Meigs Campus , a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Services , which operates the campus, is in Mount Meigs. The campus, historically named the Alabama Industrial School, opened in 1911 as the "Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-Breakers", was changed to the "Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children" in 1947, and became
91-478: The Alabama Industrial School in 1970. The United States Postal Service operates the Mount Meigs Post Office. In July, 2007 the Mount Meigs area population was 5,564. The Montgomery Public Schools district formerly operated Georgia Washington Middle School in Mount Meigs. It is now Pike Road High School . In 1893 a woman named Georgia Washington, a former slave, arrived in Mount Meigs to start
104-730: The People’s Village School and later the Georgia Washington School. The area's major export in the mid-19th century to 1940 was lumber . Cook Station and Mount Meigs Station were two main stations in the region. During World War II they switched to hauling gravel . The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) operates the Kilby Correctional Facility in Mount Meigs. Kilby serves as receiving and processing center for all male Alabama state inmates. The Montgomery Women's Facility , an ADOC facility for women,
117-648: The sale of the school to the Pike Road Municipal school system ; a lawsuit to stop the sale was filed by the Alabama Education Association on behalf of three teachers and parents. The sale would mandate that the school keep its name and that her grave be maintained. The Alabama Supreme Court allowed the sale. 32°21′19″N 86°06′06″W / 32.3553°N 86.1016°W / 32.3553; -86.1016 Mount Meigs, Alabama Mount Meigs (also Evansville or Mount Pleasant )
130-548: The school occupying what was the Peoples Village School was renamed after her. In 1974 the school was converted into a middle school. A new wing at Washington Middle opened in 2004. Pike Road High School Pike Road High School is a public school in Pike Road, Alabama , United States, a part of Pike Road Schools . The school site was home to the People's Village School , later renamed Georgia Washington Middle School , until it
143-454: Was acquired by the school system of Pike Road . The school was formerly in the Mount Meigs community. The school was founded in 1893 by Georgia Washington (1851-1952), a woman who was born a slave in Virginia; she was sold along with her mother, away from her father. After emancipation she graduated from Hampton University (1882), an HBCU in Virginia where she taught for a while before moving to Mount Meigs, Alabama , where she started
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#1732899105112156-610: Was renamed for her. In 1943 the school was deeded to Montgomery Public Schools , and after a fire destroyed the Mount Meigs Colored Institute in 1948 (then known as Montgomery County Training School), that institute was incorporated into it. It became a junior high school in 1970, and a middle school in 2012. By 2017 enrollment was 600. In 2018, controversy arose because the Montgomery school system, headed by an interim superintendent while under state oversight, announced
169-482: Was renamed for her. In 1943 the school was deeded to Montgomery Public Schools , and after a fire destroyed the Mount Meigs Colored Institute in 1948 (then known as Montgomery County Training School), that institute was incorporated into it. It became a junior high school in 1970, and a middle school in 2012. By 2017 enrollment was 600. In 2018, controversy arose because the Montgomery school system, headed by an interim superintendent while under state oversight, announced
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