SR 643 — Commending Pembroke High School.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22208186D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

643 IE Offered May 31, 2022 N Commending Pembroke High School.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––LockeAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the Senate, June 1, 2022 WHEREAS, Pembroke High School, a former public secondary school in Hampton, ably served O young people in the area for many years;

andublicand secondaryL school in Hampton, ably served WHEREAS, Pembroke High School traces its roots to 1940, when Hampton Institute leased a DL building to Elizabeth City County Public Schools for the purpose of creating a new school for Black children;

andandlizabeth CCity County Public Schools for the purpose of creating a new school for Black E WHEREAS, the school became part of Hampton City Schools when Elizabeth City County was thedissolved, cityand toafter buildthe alandmark newruling Blackin highBrown school;v.

andownBoard v.of Education in 1954, Black residents urged theWHEREAS, negotiations stalled until Hampton Institute refused to allow the Hampton School Board to renew the lease on the building, and plans were made to build a new school building on LaSalle Avenue to be named George P.

Board of Education in 1954, Black residentE urged WHEREAS, negotiations stalled until Hampton Institute refused to allow the Hampton School Board to renew the lease on the building, and plans were made to build a new school building on LaSalle Avenue to be named George P.

and WHEREAS,Black Georgestudent P.body until the Hampton School Board ordered the full integration of all city schools in 1967;

Phenix High School opened in 1962 and continuedS toWHEREAS, serve a predominately Black student body until the Hampton School Board ordered the full integration of all city schools in 196WHEREAS, George P.

Phenix High School was renamed Pembroke High School after the district 6 where it was located;

the school served many local young people, including children of service membersmembe3s at WHEREAS, by 1980, Pembroke High School was the nearbysmallest Forthigh Monroeschool andin LangleyHampton AirCity ForceSchools Base;R with both the lowest building capacity and the lowest enrollment;

andthe Sschool WHEREAS,was byclosed 1980,and Pembroke High School was the smallestbuilding highcurrently schoolhouses ina Hamptonbranch Cityof Schoolsthe 6YMCA, withas bothwell as the lowestHampton buildingDepartment capacityof andHuman theServices; lowest enrollment;

the school was closed and the3building currently houses a branch of the YMCA, as well as the Hampton Department of Human Services;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Pembroke High School hereby be commended for its legacyitgacy of contributions to young people in Hampton as an outstanding public secondary school;

and, be itRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to representatives of the Pembroke High School Class of 1972 as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's appreciation for the school's important place in the history of Hampton.