Rule High School (Knoxville)
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Rule High School was a public high school
in Knoxville, Tennessee
. It opened in 1927 and closed in 1991.
The school was named after Knoxville newspaper editor Captain William Rule
(1839–1928). When it originally opened in the fall of 1927, it was an elementary-junior high school with 525 students enrolled in the elementary grades and 261 in the junior high and high school grades. Lower grades were dropped year after year, until eventually the school just had grades 7-9.
An effort was made to append a grade 12 to the school curriculum, however that initially fell through. On April 14, 1937, 600 students from grades seven through 11, wanting a 12th grade, staged a walkout protest. The protest was reported on the front page of the New York Times. On May 9, 1938 the school board decided to add a 12th grade. The first 12th grade class, consisting of 31 students, graduated in 1939.
The school was inactivated on March 24, 2000.
Rule High School was closed in 1991. Although the building is in bad shape it is still standing today.
Mary C. Hodge Halsey wrote the book, "Golden Memories of Rule High School - A History." It is a 426-page book crammed full of pictures, copies of school programs, and stories of faculty members and students.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
. It opened in 1927 and closed in 1991.
The school was named after Knoxville newspaper editor Captain William Rule
William Rule (American editor)
William Rule was an American newspaper editor and politician, best known as the founder of the Knoxville Journal, which was published in Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1870 until 1991. A protégé of vitriolic newspaper editor William G...
(1839–1928). When it originally opened in the fall of 1927, it was an elementary-junior high school with 525 students enrolled in the elementary grades and 261 in the junior high and high school grades. Lower grades were dropped year after year, until eventually the school just had grades 7-9.
An effort was made to append a grade 12 to the school curriculum, however that initially fell through. On April 14, 1937, 600 students from grades seven through 11, wanting a 12th grade, staged a walkout protest. The protest was reported on the front page of the New York Times. On May 9, 1938 the school board decided to add a 12th grade. The first 12th grade class, consisting of 31 students, graduated in 1939.
The school was inactivated on March 24, 2000.
Rule High School was closed in 1991. Although the building is in bad shape it is still standing today.
Mary C. Hodge Halsey wrote the book, "Golden Memories of Rule High School - A History." It is a 426-page book crammed full of pictures, copies of school programs, and stories of faculty members and students.