22:4322:43, 25 April 2024diffhist+592
Bethel High School (Virginia)
This article in the Newport News Daily Press was written by a then-student and not something that contributes to notability (while the article about the contractor crying foul does!). However it is a way to verify what the school was like shortly after it opened and what clubs it had.
22:3922:39, 25 April 2024diffhist+468
York High School (Virginia)
Citing article from the Newport News ''Daily Press'', written by a then-student at YHS, about a smoking area, something common in US high schools back in the 1960s
22:0922:09, 25 April 2024diffhist+611
Bethel High School (Virginia)
I finally struck gold!!!! Not only was it about a non-routine event, but I found a controversy (legal dispute between the school district and contractor) that stemmed from this school's construction.
21:5721:57, 25 April 2024diffhist+56
Bethel High School (Virginia)
Still looking for an article w more in depth analysis of the opening of the school itself and the effects on education in Hampton, VA. It's possible Norfolk, VA newspapers covered this as well as Newport News ones