Timeline |
School Name |
History |
1941-1968 |
Douglass High School |
Served all African American Students as a high school.
|
1968-1969 |
The Broad Run Annex |
It was a school for 8th & 9th graders who would be attending Broad Run for the 69/70 school year.
|
1969-1971 |
The School Board Annex |
Used as administrative offices.
|
1971-1976 |
Leesburg Middle School |
It was a school for 6th & 7th graders from Leesburg, Middleburg, and Lucketts.
|
1976 |
Douglass Community School |
After the middle school students moved on, it became a school with multiple programs: an alternative high school, a special education center, and the Douglass Community Center.
|
1991 |
Douglass School |
Housed at Douglass during this time were Douglass Alternative School with middle and high school programs, ESL, Early Childhood Special Education, Substance Abuse Education, Insight, and the Douglass Community Center.
|
1993 |
Douglass School |
The STEP classes joined the above programs.
|
1994 |
Douglass School |
Head Start classes joined the above programs.
|
1996 |
Douglass School |
Head Start classes are relocated.
|
2000 |
Douglass School |
The Middle School Transitions Program and the GED Program were added.
|
2001 |
Douglass School |
The ESL, STEP, and Early Childhood Special Education classes are relocated and Douglass becomes the center for Secondary Alternative Programs for LCPS.
|
2004-2014 |
Douglass School |
The Saving 9 program is added to support 9th grade students in jeopardy of failing and potentially becoming drop outs.
|
2016 |
Douglass School |
Second Chance program is added to support students who have struggles with regular high school programs. |