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MACON COUNTY
Douglass
Location: 425 Washington Street - Montezuma
Dates: 1958-1998
Named for: D.F. Douglass
Post-GIA: Was a high school through 1998, but currently is an alternative school.
Historical Average Daily Attendance:
- 1959-60: 338
- 1966-68: 474
- 1968-70: 496
Notes: The GIA based attendance figures on all four years of high school, but the GHSA did for grades 10-12. With this in mind, Douglass's attendance was 319 in 1978, but had fallen to 102 in 1996.
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Flint River Farms
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Post-GIA: At least part of the farm and school are still maintained.
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Notes: Flint River Farms was a farm program for black citizens, but included a school. The girls won state C basketball crowns in 1952 and 1953.
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Lamson-Richardson
Location: Marshallville
Dates: -1958
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Notes: Macon County's schools were dominators in basketball in the 1950s and Lamson-Richardson was no exception. They girls won state in 1954, giving the county three titles in three years. They nearly made it four years in a row, but could only manage third in 1955.
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Macon County Training
Location: Montezuma
Dates: -1958
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Notes: Yet another basketball crown for a Macon County school. Macon County Training's boys won the 1953 Class B title.
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