Talk:Robert E. Lee High School (Jacksonville, Florida)
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[edit] History
The entire History section appears to have been lifted from http://www.educationcentral.org/lee/history.html . Someone needs to rewrite it. /blahedo (t) 22:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nonsense in history
Jackson High did not start out mostly Black. It was a white school in the 1950s (there was no 'mostly' this or that back then). -- Donald Albury 23:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
jackson has always been a black school. it was Lee who started out white. if your from jacksonville you would know this.
- My high school (North Miami Senior High) played Jax Jackson in football every year in the late 1950s. There is no way that a white school (North Miami at the time) would have had a Black school on its football schedule. That's just simply the way things were then. This column states that Jackson High opened as an all-white school in 1927. -- Donald Albury 17:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- Andrew Jackson was an all-white school prior to court ordered Desegragation, as was Lee. Matthew Gilbert High School (Now a Middle School) was an all-black High School in that area, as was Stanton High School. Lee was desegragated in the fall of 1972. To commemorate this event, the 1973 Yearbook for the school was titled Unity. Subwayatrain 21:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- Another suggestion: I recall when I went to [Robert E. Lee High School (Jacksonville, Florida)|Lee]] in the mid 1990's, we were given each year a booklet that was some school accountability assessment (possibly mandated by the State) and in that booklet included statistical information of the school including test scores, discipline incidences, and demographics. Perhaps these assessments can be located from either the Duval County School Board or the Florida Department of Education and this debate could be clarified with objective statistics. - Subwayatrain (talk) 18:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unclear statements
I reorganized the article for clarity and timeline's sake, but these statements are slightly irking me: "The controversy between the two high schools is one of the reasons the "westside/eastside beef" was created. Lee is also known for their rapid change, athletics and having the number one drumline in Duval County." I have no idea what the "westside/eastside beef" refers to between the two schools, nor do I know what is meant by "rapid change." Perhaps if someone could elaborate on both issues, it would make more sense to those of us who are unfamiliar with this subject. Maria 13:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
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