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Profile: Douglas County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
c. 1957

All-grades R.L. Cousins is built, consolidating Douglas County's two Black schools.

Year of total integration

c. 1969. R.L. Cousins dropped its high school a couple of years earlier. Once totally integrated, the R.L. Cousins campus became Douglas County Junior High.

Known high schools
  • Hutcheson (Douglasville)
  • R.L. Cousins (Douglasville)
R.L. Cousins replaced Hutcheson.

Known schools
  • 1950-51: Hutcheson, Winston (full list)
  • 1951-52: Hutcheson, Winston (full list)
  • 1952-53: Hutcheson
  • 1953-54: Hutcheson, Winston (full list)
  • 1954-55: Hutcheson (18 teachers), Winston (4) (full list)
  • 1955-56: Hutcheson
  • 1956-57: Hutcheson (16 teachers), Winston (4) (full list)
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: Hutcheson (grades 1-12), Winston (1-7)
  • 1957-58: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1958-59: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1959-60: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1960-61: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1961-62: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1962-63: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1963-64: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1964-65: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1965-66: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1966-67: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-12)
  • 1967-68: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-9)
  • 1968-69: R.L. Cousins (grades 1-9)
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