On May 13, 1970 Henderson County School System was awarded a $181,122 grant for vocational education for 6th, 7th & 8th grades.
On May 13, 1975, Russell Below, a former Henderson County Superintendent of Schools and City High Principal, was named to head the Henderson City School System. Below said the possibility of a city-county school merger was not going to stop him from accepting the position.
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| Special thanks to Frieda Dannheiser and Donald Hazelwoood for their History of Henderson County, published 1980. |
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