HR1632: HR1632 Clarke County School District; preserving the historic and significant West Broad Street School Campus; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the Clarke County School District for its work saving the West Broad Street School Campus in Athens, a site tied to African American education history dating to 1891. The campus includes the Minor Street Building, built in 1938 during the Jim Crow era, and the Campbell Lane Building, built in 1958 during the Equalization era, when Georgia built newer school facilities for Black students in an attempt to appear compliant with separate-but-equal laws. The resolution notes the buildings had sat vacant and deteriorating before the district worked with Historic Athens and community members to rehabilitate them for classrooms, career training labs, heritage spaces, and outdoor community areas. It does not create any new law, funding, or requirement; it simply praises the district's preservation effort and directs the House Clerk to send a copy of the resolution to the school district.

• Formally commends the Clarke County School District for preserving and restoring the Minor Street and Campbell Lane Buildings on the West Broad Street School Campus.
• States the House's recognition that the buildings represent significant periods in Georgia's educational history, from the Jim Crow era to the Equalization era.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to the Clarke County School District.
• Creates no new legal obligations, funding, or regulatory changes; it is a symbolic statement of praise rather than a law.

The Clarke County School District, which is named and praised in the resolution, along with the Athens community members, Historic Athens, and other local stakeholders who collaborated on the preservation project described in the text.

The resolution has no legal or financial effect, but it gives official state recognition to a local historic preservation project, which can raise public awareness of the campus's history and support ongoing community and educational use of the restored buildings.

• The whereas clauses describe the campus's 1891 origins and the historic significance of the 1938 Minor Street Building and 1958 Campbell Lane Building.
• The resolved clause has the House commend the Clarke County School District for preserving and restoring both buildings.
• A further resolved clause directs the House Clerk to distribute a copy of the resolution to the school district.

1. 2026-03-06House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-03-06House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-06House Hopper (House)

• Spencer Frye (D, HD-122)Primary sponsor
• Eric Gisler (D, HD-121)
• Carolyn Hugley (D, HD-141)
• El-Mahdi Holly (D, HD-116)
• Michael Smith (D, HD-041)
• Doreen Carter (D, HD-093)

• historic preservation
• Clarke County schools
• Athens Georgia
• education history