Brief History
- The Montgomery School Board bought 14 acers of the Eakin property in 1961.
- Miss Margaret J. Beeks laid the cornerstone on October 20, 1962.
- The final cost of the school was about $416,666.
- The school (grades 1-7) opened in September 1963 with 847 students, of which 20 children were of African descent.
- The school was the first to integrate African descent children in the county. Only 6 students remained in the segregated Blacksburg Graded School on Harding Ave, so it closed.
- Children who previously attended the Blacksburg Primary (Draper & Roanoke Streets) and the Ellett Valley School shifted to Margaret Beeks in 1963.
Links and Social Network
Facebook page for the school
Margaret Beeks
Blacksburg, Memories of the Way We Were
Search on Beeks for information
Documents
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