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George Washington Carver School is a public school in Coral Gables, Florida. Now a middle school, it was once a K-12, segregated, black school. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district.

History

The school opened in 1899 as a black school, for black students residing in Dade County, although it traces its beginning to an earlier private school for black children, informally known as "The Little Schoolhouse," which opened in 1899 as the private Dade Training School. In 1943, when he died, the school was renamed for George Washington Carver. Carver was desegregated by a court order in 1966-1967. For athletics, the school participated in the Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association

After integration, the school became a junior high school, and later a middle school.

Notable alumni

• Zach Banks - racing driver
• Craig Curry - football player, businessman attended Carver until it was closed for integration
• Edwin T. Pratt, civil rights activist
• Winston Scott - astronaut

Notable faculty

• Bertha Vazquez - science teacher and director of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science

See also

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools

References

1. ^ "History of our School". George Washington Carver Middle School. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
2. "Documentary Probes History of Coconut Grove School, Segregated Community". 3 April 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
3. "Get to Know the Drivers Participating in the 2020 NWES Drivers Recruitment Program's November Test Day". 7 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
4. Robertson, Linda (23 February 2017). "How a black quarterback in a white school led his team to glory and racial harmony". Miami Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
5. "Pratt, Edwin T. (1930-1969)". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
6. Strachan, Richard (7 March 2012). "Chatter That Matters". The Miami Times. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
7. "How to Teach Climate Change Without Terrifying Your Students". WLRN. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

External links

• Official website

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