Hill
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Hill was former African-American school in LaFayette.
Walker County school officials opted to close the high school in 1967, citing Department of Health, Education and Welfare freedom of choice plan requirements.[1] High school attendance was given at that time as 127 students. The county originally was going to keep Hill as an elementary school,[1] but declining attendance made it too expensive to operate.[2] The building burned in 1973 [1]
Georgia Interscholastic Association region records list the high school as having an average daily attendance of 103 in 1959-60 and 178 for 1966.
Football
A black LaFayette high school fielded a few teams in the 1930s, but it is unknown if the Hill High name had been established yet.
Hill High annually fielded teams from 1946-63. The 1951 team under Joseph "Juda" Brown reached the region playoffs, but was eliminated by Cedar Hill, 25-0.
Herbert C. Bradshaw later coached Hill. Bradshaw, 26, was still coaching the team in 1955 when he was killed in a car accident November 5 near Bristol, Tennessee[3] He had been on his way to see his wife in Bluefield, West Virginia, who was soon to give birth to the couple's child.[4] Bradshaw's son was born November 5[4] or November 6[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Walker County Messenger, January 18, 1967
- ↑ Walker County Messenger, October 18, 1967
- ↑ Walker County Messenger, November 9, 1955
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ex-City Man, Father-to-be Killed in Saturday crash," Raleigh Register (W.V.), November 7, 1955
- ↑ "Killed Racing Stork: Road Accidents Claim Four Lives," Charleston (W.V.) Daily Mail, November 7, 1955