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Profile: Appling County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
1955.

New building for Appling County Consolidated that brings together nearly all of the county's Black schools.

Year of total integration

Known high schools
  • Appling County Consolidated (Baxley)
  • Baxley Training

Appling County Consolidated opened in 1955.

Known schools
  • 1941-42: 16 schools (09/11/1942 Macon Telegraph)
  • 1950-51: Appling Training, Baxley Training
  • 1951-52: Appling Training (4 teachers), Baxley Training (14), Elliott (2), Graham (1), Miles (1), Smith (1), Surrency (5) (full list)
  • 1952-53: Appling County Training (3 teachers), Baxley Training (20), Miles (1), Surrency Junior High (5) (full list)
  • 1953-54: Appling Training (4 teachers), Baxley Training (20), Miles (1), Surrency Junior High (5) (full list)
  • 1955-56: Appling County Consolidated (27 teachers)
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-12), Surrency Elementary (1-8). Incomplete list of schools.
  • 1957-58: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6), Surrency Junior High (1-8)
  • 1958-59: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6), Surrency Junior High (1-8)
  • 1959-60: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6), Surrency Junior High (1-8)
  • 1960-61: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6). Note: Surrency Junior High is not listed, but was still open.
  • 1961-62: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6), Surrency Junior High (1-8)
  • 1962-63: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6), Surrency Junior High (1-8)
  • 1963-64: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6)
  • 1964-65: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 7-12), Baxley Training (4-6)
  • 1965-66: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 6-12), Baxley Training (4-5)
  • 1966-67: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 6-12), Baxley Training (4-5)
  • 1967-68: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 6-12), Baxley Training (4-5)
  • 1968-69: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 6-12), Baxley Training (4-5)
  • 1969-70: Appling County Consolidated (grades 1-3, 6-12), Baxley Training (4-5)
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