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[[Image:Tuggle Elementary School.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Tuggle Elementary School in 2010]] | [[Image:Tuggle Elementary School.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Tuggle Elementary School in 2010]] | ||
The school was rebuilt as a new, modern elementary school in [[1952]], with a major addition in [[1957]]. In [[2007]] Tuggle Elementary was placed on a list of schools facing possible closure in light of the system's declining student enrollment and shaky finances. It did not appear on a revised list distributed in January [[2008]]. In [[2009]] the Board considered a plan to merge Tuggle Elementary with [[Hill Elementary School]], constructing a new building on the site of the former [[Lincoln Middle School]]. | The school was rebuilt as a new, modern elementary school in [[1952]], with a major addition in [[1957]]. Vandals caused hundreds of dollars of damage to the school property on [[August 24]], [[1955]]. | ||
In [[2007]] Tuggle Elementary was placed on a list of schools facing possible closure in light of the system's declining student enrollment and shaky finances. It did not appear on a revised list distributed in January [[2008]]. In [[2009]] the Board considered a plan to merge Tuggle Elementary with [[Hill Elementary School]], constructing a new building on the site of the former [[Lincoln Middle School]]. | |||
Board member [[Emanuel Ford]] argued persuasively in favor of locating the new school on the Enon Ridge site where Tuggle's memorial remains. Ground was broken for the new Tuggle Elementary School, designed by [[Clay Dorsey]] of [[Dorsey Architects]], on [[November 14]], [[2010]]. The $13 million, 75,000 square foot school includes 26 classrooms, a 300-seat gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and special art, music and computer rooms. Short towers over the front entrance and library are designed to recall the original Tuggle Institute. The new building opened on [[August 19]], [[2013]]. | Board member [[Emanuel Ford]] argued persuasively in favor of locating the new school on the Enon Ridge site where Tuggle's memorial remains. Ground was broken for the new Tuggle Elementary School, designed by [[Clay Dorsey]] of [[Dorsey Architects]], on [[November 14]], [[2010]]. The $13 million, 75,000 square foot school includes 26 classrooms, a 300-seat gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and special art, music and computer rooms. Short towers over the front entrance and library are designed to recall the original Tuggle Institute. The new building opened on [[August 19]], [[2013]]. | ||
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==Principals== | ==Principals== | ||
* [[Carrie Tuggle]], [[1903]]-[[1924]] | * [[Carrie Tuggle]], [[1903]]-[[1924]] | ||
* [[Fannie Blevins]], [[1924]]- | |||
* [[G. F. Day]], 1950s | |||
* [[Johnnie Finkley]] | * [[Johnnie Finkley]] | ||
* [[Teresa Raglend]], present | * [[Teresa Raglend]], present | ||
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* United States Office of Education (1917) ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qn5OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102 Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools]''. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. p. 102 | * United States Office of Education (1917) ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qn5OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102 Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools]''. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. p. 102 | ||
* "[http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=9106 Tuggle Institute to Have New Building]" (February 14, 1920) ''Cleveland Advocate''. Vol. 6, No. 50, p. 1 | * "[http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=9106 Tuggle Institute to Have New Building]" (February 14, 1920) ''Cleveland Advocate''. Vol. 6, No. 50, p. 1 | ||
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll2/id/1547 Wanton Orgy of Vandals Wrecks Tuggle School]" (August 25, 1955) {{BPH}} | |||
* Norris, Toraine (March 23, 2009) "Parents, leaders discuss consolidation of Tuggle, Hill elementary schools in Birmingham." {{BN}} | * Norris, Toraine (March 23, 2009) "Parents, leaders discuss consolidation of Tuggle, Hill elementary schools in Birmingham." {{BN}} | ||
* Ruisi, Anne (May 27, 2010) "Birmingham's new Tuggle Elementary designed with neighbors in mind." {{BN}} | * Ruisi, Anne (May 27, 2010) "Birmingham's new Tuggle Elementary designed with neighbors in mind." {{BN}} |
Revision as of 18:16, 18 August 2013
Tuggle Elementary School | |
Birmingham City Schools | |
Years | 1903–present |
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Location | 412 12th Court North, (map) Enon Ridge |
Grades | K-5 |
Principal | Teresa Raglend |
Enrollment | 322 (2008) |
Colors | |
Mascot | |
Website | birmingham.schoolinsites.com |
Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School is a public K-5 elementary school located at 412 12th Court North in the Enon Ridge neighborhood and part of the Birmingham City Schools system. The principal is Teresa Raglend.
It was founded as the Tuggle Institute, a privately-run charity by social worker Carrie Tuggle on September 3, 1903. She wanted to provide safe housing and a good education to orphaned African-American children. The school was supported by the Court of Calanthe and Daughters of the Rising Sun secret women's organizations as well as by tuition and with funds from its trustees.
Around 1905 Tuggle hired Sam Foster to start a school band. It was there that he trained trumpeter Fess Whatley and taught him how to read music. Whatley later took over the music program at Tuggle before being hired as a printmaking teacher at Industrial High School in 1917.
In the 1912-13 school year the institute had 146 students, of which 4 were in secondary grades and 120 were boarding at the school. Early industrial programs taught to upper-grade students included printing, woodworking and sewing. At that time the school operated under debt. The school building, judged by inspectors to be overcrowded and in poor repair, were mortgaged to make up the deficit between operating expenses and the approximately $1,800 in income from tuition and donations.
The school's finances improved with new white sources of support. Hugo Black was enlisted to join the advisory board and Louis Pizitz was a member of the school's building committee. On Lincoln's Birthday in 1920 the institute celebrated the completion of a new building, designed by Wallace Rayfield. James Dillard, pastor of South Side Baptist Church spoke, followed by R. A. Blount, grand chancellor of the Colored Pythians and W. W. Green, exalted ruler of the Colored Elks.
The Institute became associated with the Birmingham City Schools in 1926. The Board of Education bought the 15-acre site with its 13 structures in 1934 and renamed it Enon Ridge School. Two years later the Board honored Tuggle by renaming it "Tuggle Elementary School". Tuggle herself is buried on the school grounds.
The school was rebuilt as a new, modern elementary school in 1952, with a major addition in 1957. Vandals caused hundreds of dollars of damage to the school property on August 24, 1955.
In 2007 Tuggle Elementary was placed on a list of schools facing possible closure in light of the system's declining student enrollment and shaky finances. It did not appear on a revised list distributed in January 2008. In 2009 the Board considered a plan to merge Tuggle Elementary with Hill Elementary School, constructing a new building on the site of the former Lincoln Middle School.
Board member Emanuel Ford argued persuasively in favor of locating the new school on the Enon Ridge site where Tuggle's memorial remains. Ground was broken for the new Tuggle Elementary School, designed by Clay Dorsey of Dorsey Architects, on November 14, 2010. The $13 million, 75,000 square foot school includes 26 classrooms, a 300-seat gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and special art, music and computer rooms. Short towers over the front entrance and library are designed to recall the original Tuggle Institute. The new building opened on August 19, 2013.
Principals
- Carrie Tuggle, 1903-1924
- Fannie Blevins, 1924-
- G. F. Day, 1950s
- Johnnie Finkley
- Teresa Raglend, present
Notable alumni
- Angela Davis, activist
- A. G. Gaston, entrepreneur
- Erskine Hawkins, musician
- Jo Jones, musician
- P. H. Polk, photographer
- Bob Range, musician
- Captain Sims, musician
- Fess Whatley, musician
References
- Birmingham Board of Education (c. 1982) “History of Carrie A. Tuggle School.” (mimeograph)
- United States Office of Education (1917) Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. p. 102
- "Tuggle Institute to Have New Building" (February 14, 1920) Cleveland Advocate. Vol. 6, No. 50, p. 1
- "Wanton Orgy of Vandals Wrecks Tuggle School" (August 25, 1955) Birmingham Post-Herald
- Norris, Toraine (March 23, 2009) "Parents, leaders discuss consolidation of Tuggle, Hill elementary schools in Birmingham." The Birmingham News
- Ruisi, Anne (May 27, 2010) "Birmingham's new Tuggle Elementary designed with neighbors in mind." The Birmingham News
- Faulk, Kent (November 14, 2010) "New beginning for Birmingham's Tuggle Elementary marked with groundbreaking." The Birmingham News
External links
- Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School at birmingham.schoolinsites.com