Tutt
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Tutt was a short-lived high school in Augusta.
History
Tutt was elementary school until 1967. In 1965, the Richmond County Board of Education accepted a $600,000 bid to add a gymnasium and an addition to the school, transforming it into an all-grades school.[1] In 1970, the Board acted on a suggestion by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and a made it a junior high school for grades 8-9.[2] Tutt's high school students were split between Richmond Academy and the new Westside High (then called Washington Road).[2]
Tutt Elementary opened in 1959 as a segregated school.[3]
Football
The Tutt Dragons played only three years of football.
In 1967, all of its opponents were also African-American schools. Tutt was a member of the Georgia High School Association's Class AAA in 1968 and 1969.