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Caroline County Training School

Bowling Green Industrial Academy became part of the Caroline County school system in 1914 when the board of trustees donated the school and land to the Caroline County School Board.  The name of the school was changed to Caroline County Training School.  George Hays Buchanan was the principal and Rev. L. L. Davis continued as the agricultural teacher.  The school was designed to train teachers for Negro schools.

Although the Caroline County School Board now owned the school, the Sunday School Union still remained responsible for operating and supporting the school.  The School Board provided the teachers and paid their salaries.  The Sunday School Union was responsible for providing most of the fuel and was solely responsible for all room and board.

During the 1928–1929 school year, Caroline County Training School qualified for accreditation from the Board of Education. The school was accredited by the Virginia State Board of Education as a high school offering four-year courses in vocational agriculture in 1930 and the name was changed to Union High School.

Courtesy Fanny Saunders Garnett
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Courtesy Marguerite Davis Jackson
Courtesy Fanny Saunders Garnett

Caroline County Training Students in the 1920's

Fom left (sitting)  John Willis Johnson, Arthur Miller

2nd row (standing) Irving Christopher, Alice Latney, Marion Christopher, Rev. L.L. Davis (principal), Martha Saunders, George Miller

3rd row: Boyd Byrd, Elridge Jeter, Roosevelt Allen, Walter Beasley , “Doc” Latney


Caroline County Training School Students Circa 1929

From left Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, unknown, Robert Julian Saunders, unknown

Courtesy Marguerite Davis Jackson
Courtesy Yvonne Woolfolk Britton
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Courtesy Marguerite Davis Jackson
Guests arrive for Caroline County Training School 1922 Commencement


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Commencement Programs and Announcements


1924 Caroline County Training School Commencement Program

1929 Caroline County Training School Commencement Announcement

1929 Caroline County Training School Commencement Program


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