Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1957. A very large addition was built for Peabody. The July 6, 1955 Times-Journal said $34,000 was alloted for Copeland Elementary, located northeast of Rhine, indicating this would be an addition.

Year of total integration 1970. Peabody became a junior high in the first year of total desegregation. Dodge County had been put on notice by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1969, which had threatened loss of funds. Shortly before school opened for 1970-71 an unnamed "special reporter" in Eastman's Times-Journal asked for cooperation on Aug. 26. "Opinions regarding the change are varied," said the special reporter. "We are fortunate, however, in that many people are willing to accept it as inevitable, but a few could disrupt the school system by not cooperating." Like other systems, it leaned on the sense of community in urging peace. The same article advised: "Please be assured that the same teachers and administrators who have taken care of your children in the past are still here. Some fear the quality of the educational program will be impaired. Since the staff will not change to any real extent, this fear seemed unwarranted if parents send their children to school to learn." Copeland Elementary seems to have been abandoned a year or so prior to 1970.

Known high schools Copeland (Rhine) Lisbon Peabody (Eastman) Lisbon closed completely in 1957.

Known schools 1948-49: Peabody 1949-50: Lisbon High, Peabody 1950-51: Chauncey Junior High, Chester Junior High, Copeland, Lisbon High, Mount Olive Junior High, Peabody High, Rhine Junior High 1951-52: Chester, Lisbon High, Mount Olive Junior High, Peabody High 1953-54: Chauncey Junior High (4 teachers), Chester (9), Copeland (3), Lisbon (8), Mount Olive Junior High (8), Peabody High (14), Rhine Colored High (5) (full list) 1954-55: Chauncey, Chester, Copeland, Lisbon, Mount Olive, Peabody, Rhine (full list) 1955-56: Chauncey (4 teachers), Chester (9), Copeland (3), Lisbon (7), Mount Olive (8), Peabody High (15), Rhine (5) (full list) 1956-57: Chauncey, Chester, Lisbon, Mount Olive, Peabody High. The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Chauncey, Chester, Copeland High (grades 1-12), Lisbon High (1-12), Mount Olive (1-11), Peabody (1-12). Not a complete list. Grades unsure at Chauncey and Chester. 1957-58: Chester Junior High (grades 1-7), Copeland (1-7), Peabody Elementary (4-6), Peabody High (1-3, 7-12) 1958-59: Chester Junior High (grades 1-7), Copeland (1-7), Peabody Elementary (4-6), Peabody High (1-3, 7-12) 1959-60: Chester (grades 1-7), Copeland (1-7), Peabody Elementary (4-6), Peabody High (1-3, 7-12) 1960-61: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1961-62: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1962-63: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1963-64: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1964-65: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1965-66: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody Elementary (4-5), Peabody High (1-3, 6-12) 1966-67: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody High & Elementary (1-12) 1967-68: Copeland (grades 1-8), Peabody High & Elementary (1-12) 1968-69: Peabody High & Elementary (grades 1-12) 1969-70: Peabody High & Elementary (grades 1-12)

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