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In the Spring of 1969, the City of Portsmouth decided to build its fifth high school in order to further desegregation in its system. The school, planned for modular and open space design, would serve the areas of Hodges Manor, Simonsdale, Olive Branch, Hattonsville, and Cavalier Manor. The facility would be community oriented and would be the first of its type in Tidewater. Contracts were signed on August 11,1 970 by General Contrac- tor William M. Jordan. Architects Williams Tazewell of Norfolk were affiliated with Heery Heery of Atlanta on the project. The building was scheduled for completion in August, 1971. Manor High School was especially designed to serve as a com- munity center as well as a school. The library, planetarium, field ■m
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house, and little theatre were all to be open to the public. In June, 1971, Charles K. Price was chosen principal. He reported to duty in September, 1971, after a year of work towards a doctorate in education at the University of Virginia. Mr. Price’s knowledge of modular scheduling was instrumental in shaping the educational concept of the school. Manor opened on September 5, 1972. The modern educational complex was best described as “open,” . . . the open grounds out- side, the open commons, classrooms, cafeteria, field house and theatre. Manor was also open in the sense that Mr. Price called it “a community school.” mm.
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