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LOWNDES COUNTY
Dasher
Location: 900 South Troup Street - Valdosta
Dates: 1929-1956
Named for: John Robert Dasher
Post-GIA: Continued at least for a few years as an elementary. Named a National Historic Site.
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Notes: Like its predecessor Magnolia, Dasher ceased operating as a high school because it became overcrowded and a new school was built. The Dasher girls won two state basketball titles (1950, 1951) and the football team won the state crown in 1953 and finished second in 1955. The Dasher building is one of the few Rosenwald schools still standing in Georgia.
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Lowndes County Training
Location: Pine Grove community
Dates: ?-1960
Named for:
Post-GIA:
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- 1959-60: School not listed on GIA district list, but definitely existed.
Notes: Combined with Webb-Miller in 1960 to form Westside. State Class B runner-up in football in 1958.
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Magnolia
Location: near downtown in Valdosta
Dates: ?-1929
Named for:
Post-GIA:
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Notes: Played football. Milton Park on Dasher Street was given as the location for a 1928 home game.
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Pinevale
Location: 930 Lake Park Road - Valdosta
Dates: 1956-1970
Named for:
Post-GIA: Became Pinevale-Lomax Learning Center. The building was damaged in a 2007 arson.
Historical Average Daily Attendance:
- 1959-60: 519 (number is assuredly incorrect - 519 would have made it a AA-sized school when Pinevale was Class A; real number probably about 300-350)
- 1966-68: 624
- 1968-70: 558
Notes: Pinevale came into existence after Dasher became overcrowded. The school won a football state championship in 1963.
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Webb-Miller
Location: Hahira
Dates: ?-1960
Named for:
Post-GIA:
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Notes: The school combined with Lowndes County Training to form Westside in 1960. The school had at least one football team, which suited up in 1959.
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Westside
Location: James Road - Valdosta
Dates: 1960-1970
Named for:
Post-GIA: Became an alternative school.
Historical Average Daily Attendance:
- 1966-68: 451
- 1968-70: 451
Notes: Westside was a consoliated of Lowndes County Training and Webb-Miller. They shared a football field with Pinevale. In the long list of GIA Lore, a Valdosta Times article about the construction of the new Westside Elementary, contained the following quote. Future principal Creacy Sermons stated Westside High "was one of the largest black high schools in Georgia, fully accredited and serving 800 students." Westside was in the top 20 in 1968 in size among GIA member schools, but its number would have never been around 800.
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