History of Lexington City & Fayette County Public Schools (2021)

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After a year of pandemic created challenges for the public school system in Lexington, Mariam gives an overview of the history of the public schools in Lexington City and in Fayette County. She discusses the initial funding of the schools, through the creation of segregated public schools in 1864, and finally desegregation and the merging of the city and county public schools in the 1960s.

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Mariam gives a brief history of the public schools in Lexington and Fayette County.

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