Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1957. Carver High, Lillie Cooper Elementary, Dunbar Elementary (Sasser), Helen Gurr Elementary (Parrott) and Martin Elementary (Bronwood) all built under the building program. Dawson got a new white elementary school. Despite all being finished in the first quarter of 1957, Terrell County Schools Superintendent Frank Christie declared than none but Carver would open at the start of the 1957-58 school year. The June 27 Dawson News had comments from Christie where he called opening the other schools "inconcievable," claiming that Terrell would be losing $35,000-$40,000 by operating them. The Sept. 5 editiion of the newspaper had assurance from assistant state superintendent Dr. Claude Purcell that Terrell would get $600,000 that year to use the new schools. In the meantime, the county board of education voted to open the schools, but had not taken the time to figure out organization of transportation, according to the Sept. 12 Dawson News. They pushed the start back to Sept. 30 for this purpose. Christie said Terrell did not have enough buses and said it would be until November until they could do something about it. He said Black students would have to furnish their own transportation until then. The same Sept. 12, 1957 article said Black citizens purchased two buses they could use for this. Despite the system having a large African American population, the county operated four buses for Black schools. They had avoided much of this type of cost by spreading out 19 Black schools in the county. Soon after, Terrell County faced allegations of illegally moving furniture and supplies earmarked for white and Black schools and making a hash of it.

Year of total integration 1970. Based on the Georgia Educational Directory, Terrell's total integration saw them abandon the rural Black elementary schools at Sasser (Dunbar), Parrott (Helen Gurr) and Bronwood (Martin). They had all been opened in 1957. Carver became a junior high.

Known high schools Carver (Dawson) Martin (Bronwood) Other rural elementaries seem to have at least attempted high schools in the 1930s. Five of the rural schools went as far as 9th grade, according to the 1956-57 Georgia Educational Directory, though this is contradicted by an April 1956 Dawson News article.

Known schools 1933-34: Helen Gurr, Martin Industrial High 1941-42: James Griggs, Helen Gurr, Martin, [Sasser]; 19 total (The Dawson News); 7 are high schools 1949-50: Carver High 1951-52: Carver High 1952-53: Carver High; 19 total (12/04/1952 The Dawson News) 1954-55: Carver High; 19 total (12/09/1954 The Dawson News) 1955-56: Carver High (faces Oak Street; new school will face First Avenue); 19 total (12/15/1955 The Dawson News). 04/12/1956 breakdown: 15 elementaries, 3 junior highs, 1 high school 1956-57: Bethel, [Bronwood], Carver Elementary, Carver High, [Graves], Mountain Grove, [Parrott], Piney Grove, Pleasant Hill, [Sasser], [Yeomans] (Bethel and Piney Grove consolidate with Sasser for the 1957-58 school year, even before edict on opening new schools) 19 total (01/24/1957 The Dawson News) The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Carver High (grades 1-12), Dunbar (1-9), James Griggs (1-9), Helen Gurr (1-9), Martin (1-9), Yeomans (1-9). Not a complete list. 1957-58: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-7) 1958-59: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-7) 1959-60: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-6), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-7) 1960-61: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-7) 1961-62: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-7) 1962-63: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Maritn (1-7) 1963-64: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-8) 1964-65: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-8) 1965-66: Carver High (grades 7-12), Lillie Cooper (1-6), Dunbar (1-7), Helen Gurr (1-7), Martin (1-8) 1966-67: Carver High (grades 6-12), Lillie Cooper (1-5), Dunbar (1-8), Helen Gurr (1-8), Martin (1-8) 1967-68: Carver High (grades 6-12), Lillie Cooper (1-5), Dunbar (1-8), Helen Gurr (1-8), Martin (1-8) 1968-69: Carver High (grades 6-12), Lillie Cooper (1-5), Dunbar (1-8), Helen Gurr (1-8), Martin (1-8) 1969-70: Carver High (grades 6-12), Lillie Cooper (1-5), Dunbar (1-8), Helen Gurr (1-8), Martin (1-8)

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