Charlottesville City Schools, also known as Charlottesville City Public Schools, is the

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that administers

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in the

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city of

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. The current superintendent is Royal A. Gurley, Jr.

Schools

The school system comprises four levels of school which are, in order from earliest to latest:

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schools.

Elementary schools

The city schools system has six elementary schools which teach

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and

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. *Burnley-Moran Elementary *Summit Elementary (formerly Clark Elementary) *Greenbrier Elementary *Jackson-Via Elementary *Johnson Elementary *Trailblazer Elementary (formerly Venable Elementary)

Upper Elementary school

Unlike most traditional American school systems, Charlottesville City schools have an Upper Elementary which adds an additional step between Elementary school and Middle/Jr. High school. The school is Walker Upper Elementary school and it teaches

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and

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. Walker Elementary is named after Hazewell H. Walker, who was a teacher in the school system. He was also a Rotarian.

Middle school

Buford Middle school is the system's middle school. It teaches

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and Eighth grade. it will be renamed

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Middle School.

High school

The system has only one high school which is Charlottesville High School. It teaches

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and

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History

Charlottesville's public schools were segregated for decades. Despite the ''

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'' decision, the school board refused to integrate. A lawsuit representing black students from

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and the Jefferson School led the city to undertake the strategy of Massive Resistance, closing the public schools to avoid integrating.

References

External links

Charlottesville City Public Schools
(Official website) School divisions in Virginia Education in Charlottesville, Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub