Lowndes High School history

The Lowndes County Board of Education met for the first time on February 6,1871, but the members present with their commissions did not constitute a majority.

Others members of the board were Doctor J. R. Burton, Archbald McLeod, Walter Joiner, B. T. Mosley, and John McCall, In June 1874, the board approved nine textbooks for use in the county schools.

At the board meeting held on June 1, 1875 the former school districts were abolished and the county divided into two districts with the railroad as the dividing line.

When the board met June 5, 1877 militia districts were established as sub-school and trustees were appointed for these sub-school districts.

The last meeting of the school board in the first decade held on December 7, 1880.

However, no funds were appropriated for it until 1911 when the state allocated $25,000.

The school opened as South Georgia State Normal College (SGSNC) in January 1913, with three college freshmen and 15 sub freshmen.

Greek organizations were formed, with fraternities leading the way, and intercollegiate athletics became a part of campus life when the Rebels, an all-male basketball team, was formed.In 1953 VSC acquired the property of the former Emory Jr.

In 1957, voters in Lowndes County approved an $800,000 bond issue and the board got assistance from the State of Georgia for the construction of a new high school.

Lowndes County High School opened in 1959 in the southern portion of the county below Valdosta, serving a totally white enrollment of 671 students.

He and his wife both retired from the Air Force in October 1960 and made their home in Valdosta.

Lowndes High School first opened its doors in the fall of 1966.

Rawls, M. "County Fights Suit Changing Bias." Valdosta Daily Times 26 July 1968: 2.

In 1969, when the county integrated their schools, the former black school, Westside High, was also combined into Lowndes.

But a new symbol began to arise spontaneously during the 1970's.

Valdosta State U. 1997.

In fall 1998, Valdosta State University adopted the semester system, along with other units of the University System of Georgia.

LaShayla Waters, English Honors Student, Valdosta State University, 2000.

In January 2002, a $5 million cafetorium was constructed which significantly expanded seating capacity over the former space.

In 2007, a new $8 million 49,549-square-foot (4,603.3 m) gymnasium was completed.

Doctor Patrick J. Schloss became the President of VSU in 2008 and was in office during the opening of a new Student Health Center, Georgia Residence Hall, and Student Union.

Doctor William J. McKinney was announced as the new VSU president in 2012.

In January 2013, three-sport athlete Kendrick Johnson was found deceased at the school in a rolled up wrestling mat.

In the summer of 2019, construction will start with the demolition of several buildings and replacing them on the schools existing footprint.