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Category: Schools

Anne Brumby, Superintendent of Polk County Schools

March 8, 2022
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| People, Schools, Women's History

Miss Anne Brumby, Superintendent of Polk County schools, was educated in the public schools of Cedartown, the Samuel Benedict Memorial School, the Georgia State College for Women, Emory University of Georgia. Miss Brumby taught in the Benedict school for a number of years and in the Cedartown schools for four years before being elected superintendent […]

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Robert Anderson Bryant, Cedartown Educator

February 23, 2022
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| People, Schools

The Cedartown Standard, October 21, 1976 One of Cedartown’s most valued and respected citizens is Robert Anderson Bryant, principal of Cedar Hill High School from 1940 until his recent retirement. Few can match his dedicated service and his contribution to our total community. R. A. Bryant’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from […]

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A Jaycee Education Progress Report on Education in Cedartown and Polk County

February 17, 2022
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| 1950s, Clubs, Schools

** THIS UNEDITED DOCUMENT WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED IN 1953 ** When the new addition to the Elm Street School in Rockmart is completed sometime in the late summer or early fall, then every school child in the Polk County school system will be housed in a modern, well equipped school building. During the past […]

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Escue & Alice Rodgers

February 3, 2022
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Content provided by Alice W. Rodgers, The Heritage of Polk County Georgia, 2000 Escue Rodgers, born in Piedmont, Alabama, came to Cedartown in 1945 to teach math and to coach football and basketball. He was athletic director at Cedar Hill High School from 1945 through 1969. During his 24-year tenure at that school, Coach Rodgers […]

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Remembering Cedar Hill

February 1, 2022
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Article by Janice Dobbins Laster The Georgia Legislature granted a charter for a public school system in Cedartown during the 1886-1887 session. Subsequently, the first school for blacks opened January 25, 1888. The three-room school house was located on Gordon Street, now North Main Street, and was comprised of grades 1-8. The first principal of […]

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Cedartown Public Schools

March 17, 2021
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* Article written in 1950 * In 1887, the Georgia Legislature passed a bill providing for public schools in Polk County. At that time Polk County’s representatives were Dr. D. M. Russell in the legislature and Judge Charlie Janes in the senate. Prior to this time there had been only private schools in Cedartown. Mrs. […]

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