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Perry Primary - 0400
1530 Sunshine Avenue
Perry, GA 31069

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø History:

Property Purchased:                        1954, 1966

Facility Constructed:                        1955

Previous ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Name:                    Houston Training ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Houston High, Houston Junior High, Perry Middle

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Mascot:                                  Teddy Bears

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Colors:                                   Red and White

Other Interesting Facts / Trivia / Awards:

    Perry Middle ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was 1st school in Houston County to use the middle school concept (early 1980’s)
    Perry Primary was the first primary school in Houston County serving PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grades.

 

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Principal History:

Name                                              Time Period

A. D. Redmond                               1955-1962

James Hightower                           1962-1971

Jimmy Phillips                                1972-1974 (Perry Annex-6th & 7th grades) 

Bobby Pennington                         1975-1997
  
Thomas Gupton                             1997-1999

Van Rodgers/Dave Crockett        1999-2000

Harold Sapp                                  2000-2007

Elgin Mayfield, Jr                          2007-2014

 

Original Use of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø:

Use                                                    Time Period

Houston Training ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø                 1955-1956 (African American ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø)

Houston High ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø                       1956-1969 (African American ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø)

Houston Junior High ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø           1969-1971 (Integration 02/01/1970)

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Closed for a few years.       1972-1974 (Classes held at Perry Annex)

Perry Middle ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø                        1975-1999

Perry Primary ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-PK-1             1999-2014

 

CLOSED – ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøs rezoned to neighborhood schools. New Langston Road Elementary opened August 2014

 

Space was rented to Houston County Public Library during their renovation – 2014-2015