Exploring Montgomery

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highschool

Built in the heady days when Cloverdale was its very own town, but soon to be incorporated into Montgomery. But when that came to pass, Montgomery had two white high schools, so there was this football game to decide which school would get to keep its name. Poor Cloverdale High […]

Cloverdale Highschool

January 29, 2018 in Education tagged cloverdale / highschool / huntingdon

Trinity — is a private K-12 coed school located at 1700 E Trinity Blvd (off Carmichael). Trinity has almost 1,000 students, and was founded ca 1970 by Trinity Presbyterian Church. In 1973 the school constructed its first building and moved to this location. -Charles Humphries

Trinity Presbyterian School

October 10, 2016 in Education tagged highschool / presbyterian / trinity

Capitol Heights — at the intersection of Atlanta Highway and Federal Drive, was built ca 1923, and for 50+ years it was one of the stars in the crown of the Montgomery school system. The structure was designed by Fredrick Ausfeld, who later designed Lanier, the Bell Building and the Jeff Davis Hotel. […]

Capitol Heights Junior HS

August 5, 2016 in Education tagged capitol / heights / highschool

Jeff Davis HS — at 3420 Carter Hill Road, built with such hope and promise during the mid-1960s. Its early years were so successful that by the late 1970s kids poured out of private school to attend that public school. JD had wonderful football and band programs during its glory decades. 1969 was its […]

Jefferson Davis Highschool

July 22, 2016 in Education tagged davis / highschool / jd / jefferson