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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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