Venable Elementary School
Venable Elementary School is one of six elementary (PK-4) schools in the City of Charlottesville's school system. According to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), for the 2019-2020 school year, Venable is the only public elementary school in the division which does not receive Title 1 funding.
History
The school opened in 1925 to serve as a primary school for the neighborhood around the University of Virginia.
Namesake
Venable Elementary is named for Charles Scott Venable (1827–1900). Venable was a mathematician, astronomer, and civil war military officer.
- He served as an officer in the Confederate States Army as an aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee from 1862 until 1865. Primarily because of his association with Lee [citation needed], including a personal letter of recommendation from him, Venable was offered a position as a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Venable taught at UVA for the next 40 years, and served as Chairman of the Faculty for several years during that time. He wrote a number of mathematics textbooks which were adopted in Virginia schools and served on the Charlottesville School Board for six years.[1]
- Paul Goodloe McIntire was an influential proponent of naming the school for Venable, speaking before the School Board the month prior to the Board voting to name the new primary school so.[citation needed]
Principals
Principal Jamie Mathieson abruptly resigned from the school in September 2010. Kenneth Leatherwood will serve as the interim principal through the end of the school year[2].
Erin Kershnertook over as the permanent principal on July 1, 2010. [3] Ms. Valeta Paige is serving as the vice-principal.[1]
School Population (June 2010)
- Enrollment: 267
- Asian/Pacific Islander: 6%
- Black: 26.6%
- Hispanic: 4.1%
- White: 53.6%
- Unspecified: 9.7%
- ESL students: 20.3%
- Gifted students: 30.3%
- Special Education students: 6.7%
- Pupil/teacher ratio: 20:1[4]
Map
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web. Charles S. Venable (1827–1900), Sunshine, Daniel, Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 22 Feb. 2018, retrieved 28 Aug. 2019.
- ↑ Web. Venable principal resigns; reason unknown, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, September 17, 2010, retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ↑ Web. Venable Elementary names new principal, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, April 12, 2011, retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ↑ Web. Venable Elementary School, retrieved 25 June 2012.