Almont Elementary School

Almont Elementary School. Shelby County. , In the 1930s, the Shelby County educational system consolidated many of its one-, two-, and three-teacher schools. During the 1938-39 school year, the citizens of Almont donated a five-acre plot to establish a school for African American children, where the county built a three-room structure. The county transferred students from Montevallo to the new Almont Junior High School, with Mr. W.S. Bolden serving as the first principal. The classrooms soon became overcrowded. After a call for further consolidation, the citizens of the Aldrich, Almont, Dogwood, Montevallo, and Wilton communities collectively purchased four additional acres across the street from the main school building, on which the county built a two-room primary school and also added three rooms to the main building. Students transferred from the Wilton, Aldrich, and Dogwood communities to the school. The school now boasted a total faculty of eight teachers and nine grades. By the 1944-1945 school year, Mr. Carl Earl Anderson served as principal. Mr. Anderson served two years and was succeeded by Mr. Louis E. Smith, who also served two years as principal., (Reverse Side) , Around 1948, Mr. Luther L. Penn became principal. At this time, the school further consolidated and became Montevallo-Almont Junior High School. When construction on Prentice High School in Montevallo was completed in 1950, the Junior High School Department transferred there. The school then became Almont Elementary School, with a faculty of six teachers, with Mr. B.T. Knox serving as principal. In 1964, the school expanded again when the county built and dedicated a new brick building to replace the original school building. The school operated until full racial integration, and in 1970, the students and teachers transferred to Montevallo Elementary and Middle Schools. Teachers at the school included Mr. B.T. Knox, Mrs. J.B. Crawford, Mrs. M.M. Smitherman, Mr. H.D. Smith, Mrs. A.M. Nunn, Mrs. J.C. DuBose, Ms. A. Groomes, Mrs. L.M. Jackson, Mrs. P.T. Mixon, Mrs. O.D. Fluker, and Ms. M.L. Henderson.