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Guilford County Schools Collection

This collection consists primarily of materials relating to the countywide school system merger of 1993, in which three school boards consolidated into one. Extensive correspondence, with accompanying informational flyers, newspaper clippings, minutes, legislation, and legal briefs, provides the context for a Merger Guidebook and supporting reports. Also included in the collection are three scrapbooks unrelated to the merger. One follows Edgeville Elementary School from the 1930s to the 1970s, while the others each capture a single school year in Greensboro's northwestern school district during World War II.

Greensboro N.C. PTA Council scrapbook, 1941-1942
Scrapbook documenting the activitiies of the Greensboro Parent-Teacher Council (later Parent Teacher Association) from April 1941 through March 1942.
Greensboro N.C. PTA Council scrapbook, 1942-1943
Scrapbook documenting the activitiies of the Greensboro PTA (Parent Teacher Association) Council from April 1942 through March 1943.
History of Edgeville School
Scrapbook documenting the history of the Edgeville (later William Sydney Porter) Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C. The Edgeville School was established by Cone Mills and was absorbed into the Greensboro City Schools in 1945. The school's name was changed to honor Porter in 1955. Porter Elementary closed in the 1980s and was torn down in the mid-2000s.
Merger guidebook; A plan for facilitating the merger of Guilford County's schools [volume 1]
Report on the proposed merger of three school systems in Guilford County, N.C. This volume includes: Merger Plan (1992); Appendix (1992).
Merger guidebook; A plan for facilitating the merger of Guilford County's schools [volume 2]
Appendices, exhibits, and documentation on the proposed merger of three school systems in Guilford County, N.C. This volume includes resources: Resource List (1992); “Restructuring North Carolina’s Public Schools” (1991); “Cumberland County Schools Strategic Planning” (1990); Pitt County Schools consolidation guidelines (ca. 1985); Wake County School System Merger History (1980); RTI “A School District Consolidation Study” Executive Summary (1985); Guilford County “Report on School Merger” (1987); Wayne County merger plan (1991); Public School Forum analysis of North Carolina’s public schools (ca. 1985); “The Basic Education Program for North Carolina’s Public Schools” (1986); Public School Forum report on school reform (1991); Charlotte/Mecklenburg school system merger (1960-1968); Guilford County Board of Education “Unity with Diversity” (1987); North Carolina merger “Issues and Directions” (1982); Guilford County “Merger Fact Sheet” (1990); North Carolina Senate bill on school accountability (1989).

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