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Profile: Toombs County

Year Minimum Foundation building program completed
1955 (Toombs County); ? (Vidalia city)

Vidalia city has a separate system from Toombs County. Lyons Industrial opened a new building in 1955, consolidating nearly all of Toombs' schools. Dickerson in Vidalia at the very least had an addition, coming in an unknown year.

Year of total integration
1970.

Known high schools
  • Dickerson (Vidalia)
  • Lyons Colored
  • Lyons Industrial

Upon the opening of a new building, Lyons Colored changed its name to another name with racial connotations, Lyons Industrial.

Known schools
  • 1949-50: Dickerson Training, Lyons Colored High
  • 1950-51: Calvary, Center Chapel, Cobb's Creek, Dickerson Training, Hilsboro, Jordan Stream, Lane's Chapel, Little Rock, Live Oak, Long Branch, Lyons Colored High, Oakey Grove, Piney Green, White's Chapel (possibly a full list)
  • 1951-52: Dickerson Training, Lyons Colored High; three rural schools have been consolidated with Lyons this year (The Lyons Progress, 12/06/1951)
  • 1952-53: Center Chapel, Cobb Creek, Hillsboro, Jordan's Stream, Little Rock, Live Oak, Long Branch, Lyons Colored High, New Britan, Oaky Grove, Piney Grove
  • 1953-54: Lyons Colored High
  • 1954-55: Cobb Creek, Jordan Stream, Little Rock, Long Branch, Lyons Colored High, Piney Green (county schools from list to be consolidated with Lyons Colored in Aug. 18, 1955 Lyons Progress)
  • 1955-56: Lyons Industrial
  • 1956-57: Johnson Corner, Lyons Industrial (full county list?)
The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57.
  • 1956-57: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); Dickerson (1-12) (city). County list not complete.
  • 1957-58: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1958-59: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1959-60: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1960-61: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1961-62: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1962-63: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1963-64: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson (1-12) (city)
  • 1964-65: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. Dickerson High (8-12) (city)
  • 1965-66: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. Dickerson High (8-12) (city)
  • 1966-67: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. Dickerson High (8-12) (city)
  • 1967-68: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. DIckerson High (8-12) (city)
  • 1968-69: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. Dickerson High (8-12) (city)
  • 1969-70: Lyons Industrial (grades 1-12) (county); J.D. Dickerson Elementary (1-7), J.D. Dickerson High (8-12) (city)
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