Carver Elementary School (Martinsville, VA)
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1950
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | Danny Cannaday
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | 220 Trott Circle
Martinsville, VA 24112
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School
Laurel Park Middle School
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Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
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Henry County Public Schools
Henry County Schools operates 14 schools - two high schools, two middle schools, and ten elementary schools - a community learning center, a regional alternative program, and a parent resource center in the local mall. HCPS operates preschool programs at ten elementary schools.-History:According...
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | Danny Cannaday
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Address
| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | 220 Trott Circle
Martinsville, VA 24112
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | 484
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | Green, Gold, White
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! style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Mascot
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| style="border-top: solid 1px #ccd2d9; padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 0; vertical-align: top" | Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School
Laurel Park Middle School
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Carver Elementary School is a comprehensive public elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
in Henry County, Virginia
Henry County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 57,930 people, 23,910 households, and 16,952 families residing in the county. The population density was 152 people per square mile . There were 25,921 housing units at an average density of 68 per square mile...
. Named for the African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
agriculturist, chemist, inventor, and educator, George Washington Carver, the school is located approximately five miles northwest of the city of Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville is an independent city which is surrounded by Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,821 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Martinsville with Henry County for statistical purposes...
. Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-5. It is one of 11 comprehensive elementary schools operated by Henry County Schools
Henry County Public Schools
Henry County Schools operates 14 schools - two high schools, two middle schools, and ten elementary schools - a community learning center, a regional alternative program, and a parent resource center in the local mall. HCPS operates preschool programs at ten elementary schools.-History:According...
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The campus consists of a 86000 square feet (7,989.7 m²) building situated on a 24.75 acres (100,159.8 m²) tract of land. Owing to the building's history as a high school, the school features a large gym, auditorium, and athletic facilities not commonly found at elementary schools. Substantial renovations were completed as part of the elementary school conversion in 2004, including reconfiguration of science labs and vocational shops to serve as classrooms.
Carver is the largest of the Henry County elementary schools and unique in that its student body feeds into both Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School and Laurel Park Middle School.
History
The building that houses Carver Elementary School opened as George Washington Carver High School in 1950. It was the lone high school for the African American community of Henry CountyHenry County
Henry County is the name of ten counties in the United States of America:* Henry County, Alabama* Henry County, Georgia* Henry County, Illinois* Henry County, Indiana* Henry County, Iowa* Henry County, Kentucky* Henry County, Missouri...
. In 1967, the faculty of the school became integrated, and in 1971, the student body was integrated. With the opening of Magna Vista High School in 1988, George Washington Carver High School became G.W. Carver Middle School.
Declining enrollment in the 1990s
1990s
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left each of the four Henry County high schools operating at less than 50% capacity, and long-term deferred maintenance left many schools in a state of disrepair. In 2004, the county implemented a controversial reorganization plan which closed five schools and consolidated four high schools and four middle schools to create two high schools and two middle schools. As part of the reorganization, G.W. Carver Middle School was consolidated with John D. Bassett Middle School to form Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School. Spencer-Penn Elementary School and Fieldale Elementary School were closed and consolidated to form Carver Elementary School.