Broward County Schools: Some Places of Instruction By Denyse Cunningham

Braithwaite School. Broward County Historical Commission.

Denyse Cunningham was the curator at Bonnet House Museum and Gardens in Fort Lauderdale and has been the curator for the Broward County Historical Commission since 2002. She earned a Master’s Degree in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. For the past 29 years she has worked for several art and history museums around the country.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN Deerfield Elementary was opened SCHOOLS sometime thereafter. In 1903 the first school for Af- African-American schools were rican American students in Bro- operated on a split term, with no ward County opened in the town classes during the winter harvest of Deerfield with the Rev. B. F. season so that children could work James as the teacher.1 It was named in the fields. This meant that black Deerfield Colored School.The sec- schools could not be accredited and ond school in Deerfield, the Braith- that their graduates would have waite School, was built in 1929 difficulty entering accredited col- as a three-teacher school and cost leges. The NAACP took the matter $9,000. It was torn down to make to court which ruled in their favor way for a senior center.2 West to keep the schools open in 1946.3

Broward Legacy • 5 Though most of the earliest Afri- can-American public schools were housed in privately owned build- ings, teachers and administrators were provided by the Board of Public Instruction. With a donated building from Fort Lauderdale pioneer Tom Bryan, Colored School No. 11, a one- room wooden building on North- west Third Avenue and Second Street, opened in 1906.4 Four years later, classes moved to the Knights of Pythias Lodge Hall on the cor- ner of Northwest Fourth Street and Fourth Ave. Later schools included Sunland Park Elementary, at 919 N.W. 13 Ave., and Lincoln Park El- ementary, at 600 N.W. 19 Ave. Lin- coln Park, a neighborhood facility, is located on the site of the former school.5 In Pompano, the first school for African-American students opened in the early 1920s in a two-room wooden building located in the 400 block of Hammondville Road. When it was destroyed in the 1926 hurricane, classes were held nearby in Psalters Temple A.M.E. Church. The Broward Board of Public In- struction provided a new location in 1927-28 with the Pompano Col- ored School, located at 718 N.W. Sixth St. In 1954, it was renamed Coleman Elementary School, in honor of the Rev. James Emanuel Coleman, pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church. With the opening of in 1952, Pompano’s black high school students no longer had to go out of town to graduate. Following the early 1940s opening of the Pom- pano Migratory Labor Camp on Hammondville Road, a one-room school was established off State Road 7, south of today’s Coconut Creek Parkway. The 1960s saw Charles Drew Elementary estab- lished to serve the Pompano subdi- vision of Collier City. Later, Sand- ers Park Elementary, the Pompano Project Elementary and Markham 1938 Map of Broward County Schools, from a report of State Department of Park Elementary were added.6 Public Instruction. Broward County Historical Commission.

6 • Broward Legacy Pompano Colored School, later known as Coleman. Courtesy of the Pompano Beach Historical Society.

Math teacher at Attucks. Courtesy of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, photograph by Gene Hyde. Broward Legacy • 7 Carver Ranches Elementary School today. Broward County Historical Commission. ROSENWALD SCHOOLS the construction of six small schools Broward County had four Rosen- in rural Alabama, which were con- wald schools: Braithwaite in According to the website of the structed and opened in 1913 and Deerfield, Liberia, Hallandale and National Trust for Historic Pres- 1914. Pleased with the results, Pompano. None of the structures ervation the Rosenwald School Rosenwald then agreed to fund a that housed the four schools exists Building Program has been called larger program for schoolhouse today.8 Pompano Colored School, the “most influential philanthropic construction based at Tuskegee. In located at 728 N.W. Sixth St. in force that came to the aid of Ne- 1917 he set up the Julius Rosen- Pompano Beach, was built in 1928 groes at that time.” It began in wald Fund, a Chicago-based phil- as a six-teacher school that cost 1912 and eventually provided seed anthropic foundation, and in 1920 $30,985.9 grants for the construction of more the Rosenwald Fund established an than 5,300 buildings in 15 states, independent office for the school In 1929, with funds from the Rosen- including schools, shops and teach- building program in Nashville, Ten- wald School Building Program, the ers’ houses, all of which were built nessee. By 1928, one in every five Hallandale School was built. The by and for African Americans. The rural schools for black students in Liberia School, also known as At- Rosenwald rural school building the South was a Rosenwald school, tucks, was located at 3600 N. 22 program was a major effort to im- and these schools housed one third Ave. in Hollywood. It was built prove the quality of public educa- of the region’s rural black school- as a four-teacher school that cost tion for African Americans in the children and teachers. At the pro- $12,200.10 In 1924, a school de- early 20th century in the South. gram’s conclusion in 1932, it had signed by John Morris Peterman produced 4,977 new schools, 217 opened in Fort Lauderdale as Col- In 1912, Julius Rosenwald gave teachers’ homes and 163 shop build- ored School No. 11, later known as Booker T. Washington permission ings, constructed at a total cost of Dillard School, with grades from to use some of the money he had $28,408,520 to serve 663,615 stu- elementary through high school. donated to Tuskegee Institute for dents in 883 counties of 15 states.7 8 • Broward Legacy The original 1924 building was later renamed Walker Elementary School and is now the Old Dillard Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new and sepa- rate was built in 1950. A new Dillard Elemen- tary School was built near Dillard High School in 1959 in Washington Park.11

Oakland Park Negro School, later Edna Thornley known as the Carter G. Woodson El- Herriott (1892-1974). ementary School, was built at 3721 12 Courtesy of Helen N.E. Fifth Ave. The school build- Herriott Landers. ing is no longer there. A park on the land still bears the name of the African-American historian Carter G. Woodson. The Davie Negro School, located between the Florida Turnpike and the Davie Road Extension, was built for a small group of students, like many early rural schools.13 Dania’s first school for African- American students was opened in 1905, and by 1917 another school was built on land donated by Da- nia pioneer M. C. Frost.14 Later, the Collins Elementary School was con- structed at 1050 N.W. Second St. Fern Hall School. Courtesy of Helen Herriott Landers. Bethune Elementary at 2400 Meade St., was a local school in Hollywood.15 EARLY PRIVATE SCHOOLS kindergarten through twelfth grade Many private schools existed in fondly remember the school.18 Carver Ranches Elementary School Broward County in the early years. was built at 2201 S.W. 44 Ave. in Some of the most notable included Mrs. Herriott came to Fort Lauder- West Hollywood, now the City of Fern Hall and Pine Crest in Fort dale from Illinois shortly after the West Park.16 Lauderdale, the Outdoor School 1926 hurricane. She taught in pub- in Hollywood, and the Lake Plac- lic schools for a time before found- Schools in Hallandale included La- id School for Boys in Hillsboro ing Fern Hall. She was a member nier Elementary, located at First Beach. of the civic-minded fraternal orga- Avenue and Ninth Street; Chester nizations, the Eastern Star and the A. Moore Elementary School, at Edna Thornley Herriott founded Royal Neighbors of America, and 912 Pembroke Road; and Lanier Fern Hall School. The school was an active member of Park Temple Junior High School, also on Pem- first located at the Bivans Hotel at Methodist Church.19 broke Road. Beginning in 1916, 205 S.W. First Ave., in Fort Lau- this unique wood frame and stucco derdale. In 1935, it moved to the The Outdoor School, or Outdoor school was the first school build- former county courthouse at 509 S. Private School, located at 2301- ing used by the African-American Andrews Ave. Due to increased en- 2307 Polk St. in Hollywood, was children of northwest Hallandale. rollment in 1936, the school moved founded in 1938 by Lamora Mick- It remained in use until 1970, when to the Maxwell Arcade at 300 S.E. elson as a dancing school for nurs- court-ordered desegregation meant Andrews Ave. Later Mrs. Herriott ery-age children, and immediately that white students would be attend- purchased land at 315 S.E. Ninth became popular since the public ing. The structure was later used as a St. Architect Courtney Stewart was school did not accept children be- private home. It became dilapidated commissioned to design the new fore the age of six. Next, the school and was torn down in the 1980s to school building. Fern Hall closed expanded to a full curriculum for make way for a community center.17 in 1971. Hundreds of students from elementary and middle school Broward Legacy • 9 grades, and the school became ac- credited by the State of Florida. High school was taught mostly on a tutorial basis. Head Mistress Mick- elson taught French to all children. Extracurricular classes in dance and horseback riding were available. During its peak years, the school had as many as 100 pupils and a dozen teachers. The Mickelsons retired and closed the school in the mid-1970s. The school was known for its structure, a row of classrooms enclosed on three sides and no wall on the south side. Open windows on the north allowed for cool breezes and ventilation in an era before air- conditioning. Both the north and south sides could be enclosed on the rare chilly, rainy day. Lamora Gleason Mickelson had degrees from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and the Uni- versity of Miami. Mrs. Mickel- son and her husband, Tony, were Hollywood pioneers, both having worked for Hollywood’s founder,

Mrs. Mickelson at the Outdoor School. Courtesy of Joan Mickelson, PhD.

versity Women, the American As- in 1965. Pine Crest remains open sociation of French Teachers and today.21 Harvard alumni activities. She and Tony donated important memora- The Seminole Indian Day School in bilia to the Hollywood Historical Dania was started in the late 1920s Mae Horn McMillan. Broward County Society, including photos from Vir- and closed in 1936 for lack of com- Historical Commission, Broward County ginia Elliott TenEick’s collection.20 munity interest. As Betty Mae Tiger Women’s History Coalition Collection. Jumper noted, “We kids wouldn’t go In 1939, Mae Horn McMillan to school regularly, and our parents Joseph Young, in the early 1920s. leased the Pine Crest Sanitarium wouldn’t make us go, so it closed She helped found the Hollywood on 1515 E. Broward Blvd. in Fort because it was so expensive for the Historical Society in 1974, and was Lauderdale and started McMillan- government to maintain.”22 active in the Art and Culture Cen- . She operated ter, the Museum of Archeology, the school at that location until it First used as a private school from the American Association of Uni- was moved to its current location 1922 to 1925, it was the winter 10 • Broward Legacy The Seminole Indian Day School. Broward County Historical Commission, Abby-Sheldon Collection.

Lake Placid School for Boys now the Hillsboro Club, 901 A1A, Hillsboro Beach, 1922-1925. Broward County Historical Commission. Broward Legacy • 11 The Riverside Military Academy. Broward County Historical Commission. headquarters for the Lake Plac- Katherine C. Wright Administra- id School for Boys (based in the GONE BUT NOT tion Building, Fort Lauderdale: Adirondacks) and was known for FORGOTTEN: In 1974 Kathleen Cooper Wright small classes and high tuition. SCHOOL NAMESAKES was the first black woman elected to Many of the students were from so- Fifty-one schools in Broward the Broward County School Board, ciety families, with names such as County were named after people. making her the first African-Amer- Rockefeller and Pirie. 23 The mil- Some namesakes are national his- ican elected to county-wide office. lionaire owner of Bonnet House toric figures like Charles Drew and She was a distinguished educator, in Fort Lauderdale sent his son, Crispus Attucks; others are local teacher and mentor who actively Clay, to the school. Several wood- pioneers like Leola Collins from supported professional groups as frame structures just north of the Dania and Ivy Stranahan from lighthouse that once comprised the Fort Lauderdale. Some schools are school are now part of the exclu- named for politicians and judges. sive Hillsboro Club complex. Whether a school is named for a In 1932, the Riverside Military school superintendent or teacher or Academy of Gainesville, Georgia, named out of gratitude for a land bought Hollywood Hills Inn, which donation, the significance of the was designed by Rubush & Hunter naming of schools remains a noble in 1924. It was located where Hol- exercise in recognition of past ac- lywood Boulevard ended at the traf- complishments. fic circle west of I-95. The Spanish/ Moorish style building had never The Broward County School Board been successful as a hotel. Cadets involves parent and teacher partici- spent the winter season there, enter- pation in naming schools by vot- taining Hollywood locals with their ing on the name. Today the School Sunday parades. A number of local Board requires the schools use their boys went there. The gym, Blan- namesake’s first and last name and ton Hall, was designed by Bayard not be named for a living person. Lukens in the 1930s. The build- Kathleen Cooper Wright (1935-1985). ing was demolished and replaced Today, new schools are no longer Broward County Historical Commission, by the startlingly modern, blue-lit, named after municipalities. Broward County Women’s History glass Presidential Building. Coalition Collection. 12 • Broward Legacy well as many civic, church and community organizations. She was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1985, at the age of 49. The Broward County School Board’s Adminis- tration Building in Fort Lauderdale is named in her honor. , Fort Lauderdale: Ivy Stranahan started teaching children in 1899. She later served as president of the Florida Equal Suffrage Association and was active in the Fort Lauderdale Woman’s Club.

Blanche Forman (1884-1959). Courtesy of Austin Forman. from coastal settlements and Lake Nova Blanche Forman Elemen- Okeechobee. Blanche earned and tary, Davie: Blanche Forman was retained the respect of the rough an elementary school teacher and tough men who passed through principal from Illinois. She and her the locks. Among those who went husband Hamilton came to Bro- through the lock were members ward County in 1910 and lived in of Florida’s outlaw bank-robbing a tent in the Everglades in what is Ashley gang. Because there was now the town of Davie. In 1912 no corner grocery store accessible Ivy Cromartie Stranahan (1881-1971). they became the first lock tenders she had to raise her own chickens for Broward County Historical Commission, on the New River canal operating eggs and meat. The surplus was sold. Abby Collection. the locks for the boats traveling Blanche became an excellent shot Broward Legacy • 13 Boyd H. Anderson (1902-1968). Broward County Historical Commission, Easter Lily Gates Collection.

Leola C. Collins. Courtesy of Marcellus Sterling Collins. with both rifle and shotgun to keep Boyd H. Anderson High, Lauder- the alligators and other wild animals dale Lakes: Boyd H. Anderson was away from her chickens. In later one of Broward County’s first judg- years, Blanche engaged in activities es, elected to the bench in 1934. He associated with the Daughters of the served on the bench for 40 years. He American Revolution and the P.E.O., was once described as a genial poli- a women’s service organization. tician with a homespun philosophy. Judge George W. Tedder, Sr. (1880-1966). Collins Elementary, Dania Tedder Elementary, Pompano Broward County Historical Commission. Beach: Known as the “Mother of Beach: George Tedder, Sr. was the Black West Side,” Leola C. Broward’s first appointed circuit after a brief closing in the early Collins opened a grocery store in court judge in 1929, presiding for 1970s, the first name of the- for Dania in 1910 but spent most of almost 30 years until he passed the mer principal, Blanche Ely, was her time feeding the hungry and mantle to his son George. The first dropped as a way to also honor her tending to the sick. She sought four floors of the Broward County husband. Blanche Ely is best known donations all over the county for courthouse of west-wing are named for fighting to keep the school open Provident Hospital, the first hospi- the Tedder wing. Southeast Sixth during harvest at a time when black tal to serve African-Americans in Street was named for Tedder. children were pulled from the class- Broward County. room to pick beans. A grass-roots Blanche Ely High, Pompano campaign prompted the School Beach: When the school reopened Board to restore the original name 14 • Broward Legacy William H. “Harry” McNab (1878-1956) and Robert A. “Bob” McNab (1882-1958). This image of the two brothers was taken in 1951. Broward County Historical Commission, T. H. Chapman Collection. Broward County. He was also the County Superintendent of Schools 1921-1928. He was instrumental in bringing Seminole children to the white schools. McNab Elementary, Pompano Beach: William McNab arrived in Pompano in 1899. The family, in- cluding brothers, William “Harry” and Robert “Bob” were farmers with large land holdings in Pom- pano Beach. They were involved with many civic and business deal- ings. McNab School bears the fam- ily name. It is located right off Mc- Nab Road and was built close to Harry McNab Lake. This was a man-made lake, the U.S. gov- ernment used sand Blanche General Ely (1907-1993). Broward County Historical Commission, Broward to construct the County Women’s History Coalition. highway. When the Award, 100 road was finished, of Blanche Ely High. Blanche came Black Men of Harry bought the to Pompano when she was a young Broward Out- county lake at auc- adult. She was appointed princi- standing Ser- tion and stocked it pal of a two-room schoolhouse on vice Award, with fish for many Hammondville Road in Pompano and the City years. William’s Beach that later became Coleman of Pompano wife Dora McNabb Elementary School. She and her Beach’s A Leg- was a teacher. M. A. Hortt husband, Professor Joseph Ely, be- acy of Cour- (1880 -1958). came a dynamic educational lead- age and Care Hortt Elemen- Courtesy ership team. She was instrumental James S. Rickards Award. A road tary School, Fort of the Fort in providing a school for migrant (1883-1949). and a low-in- Lauderdale: M. Lauderdale workers, “The Project School,” Broward County come housing A. Hortt was a real Historical which served the needs of the Historical project are also estate salesman and Society. mostly Hispanic farm workers who Commission, named for her. developer. Hortt would come to Pompano during Rickards Family Rickards Mid- Elementary School the season to harvest the vegetables Collection. dle, Oakland was located at 1700 S.W. 14 Court, grown by wealthy farmers. She has Park: James on a 9½-acre site donated by the been the recipient of many awards S. Rickards Broward pioneer. The school, built including the Broward Commu- served as principal of Fort Lauder- in 1958, was tucked away in the nity College Woman of Excellence dale High, the oldest high school in middle of a serene neighborhood Broward Legacy • 15 Virginia Shuman Young (1917-1994). Broward County Historical Commission, Hollywood Sun-Tattler Collection.

Frederick C. Peters (1900-1964) and his wife Berenice Peters (1899-1982) Image from The Story of Frederick C. Peters by August Burghard. known as Shady Banks. Due to low tracks of land in Plantation. attendance the school closed in the mid-1980s. McFatter Technical High and William T. McFatter Tech Cen- Peters Elementary, Plantation: ter, Davie: William McFatter was Frederick C. and Berenice Peters the superintendent of schools from donated land for the first school 1980 to 1983. and church in Plantation. At one time they owned a ranch and large Charles W. Flanagan High, Pem- broke Pines: The city’s mayor for 17 years, Flanagan died in office in 1995. He pushed for new schools and led an annexation effort that doubled the city’s size. Mertie Olsen. Courtesy of Olsen Virginia Shuman Young Elemen- Middle School. tary, Fort Lauderdale: Virginia Shuman Young was a dual pioneer High School and lived in Dania. – the first female chairman of the Broward County School Board and the first and only woman to be mayor of Fort Lauderdale. J. P. Taravella High, Coral Springs: James S. Hunt and J. P. Charles W. Flanagan. Broward County Taravella and James S. Hunt of the Historical Commission, Hollywood Sun- Olsen Middle School, Dania development company Coral Ridge Tattler Collection. Beach: Named for Mertie Olsen, a Properties founded Coral Springs. long-time teacher in Broward Coun- Whiddon-Rogers Education Cen- ty. She taught at South Broward ter, Fort Lauderdale: Gene Aus- 16 • Broward Legacy and Bob Graham. Pembroke Pines: State Represen- Dwight Rogers was a U.S. Con- tative Walter Young, a retired prin- gressman from 1945 until his death cipal, was a champion for educa- in 1954. He was always interested tional issues. in the progress of education. Rogers Junior High was originally named just for Rogers; later, after the clos- ing of the Whiddon Adult Educa- tion Center on Federal Highway,

J. P. Taravella (1919-1978). Henry D. Perry (1901-1972). Broward Broward County Historical Commission, County Historical Commission, Perry Family Hollywood Sun-Tattler Collection. Collection. tin Whiddon, president of Cause- way Lumber, served as chairman of the Broward County Commu- nity College Foundation until his death in 1989. He was named the Dwight Rogers, Sr. (1886-1954). Broward County Historical Commission.

the Whiddon name was added. Annabel C. Perry Elementary, Miramar: The wife of Henry D. Perry, Annabel was very involved with her church and family. The couple gave the land for the Pem- broke Road Baptist Church. A little park next to the Annabel Perry El- ementary School is named for her as well. Henry D. Perry Middle School, Miramar: Pioneer dairyman, banker and civic leader, Perry gave the land on which to build the Hen- ry D. Perry Elementary School. Gene Austin Whiddon (1928 -1989). Courtesy of , Archives and Special C. Robert Markham Elemen- Collections. tary, Pompano Beach: Markham Park, which opened in 1973, was first recipient of the college’s Dis- also named after the late C. Rob- tinguished Service Award in 1973 ert Markham, who was briefly the and the Seahawk Award in 1978. county’s property appraiser until his Whiddon Hall is home to Central death in 1966 (his son, William, be- Annabel Perry (1904 -1972). Broward Campus business programs. He came property appraiser in 1968). County Historical Commission, Perry Family managed the Broward gubernato- Collection. rial campaigns of Reubin Askew Walter C. Young Middle School, Broward Legacy • 17 Representative Walter C. Young (1922- ). Broward County Historical Commission, Hollywood Sun-Tattler Collection, Photograph by Pat Farrell.

William Dandy Middle School, Fort Lauderdale: William Dan- dy was the first African-American deputy school superintendent. He helped lead the school system through one of its most difficult adjustments, desegregation. Dan- dy retired after 34 years with the school district as a counselor, prin- cipal and deputy superintendent. James S. Hunt Elementary, Cor- al Springs: James S. Hunt was a developer of the city of Coral Springs. Bennett Elementary, Fort Lau- derdale: Ulric Bennett was Bro- ward County School Superinten- William Dandy. Broward County Historical Commission, Hollywood Sun-Tattler Collection, Photograph by Frank Alioto. 18 • Broward Legacy his decision that freed the ladies from wearing stockings in the classroom, as had been the rule. Stirling Elementary, Hollywood: Frank Stirling was one of the founders of Davie, and a prominent horticulturist and civic leader. Walker Elementary, Fort Lauder- dale: Clarence C. Walker presided over Dillard School from 1937 to 1942. When he came to Fort Lauder- dale in 1937, he led the fight to bring the school up to accreditation stan- dards and to end the School Board’s policy of shutting down classes for African-American students so they could work in the fields and give growers cheap labor. Colbert Elementary, Hollywood: James Stone Hunt (1897-1972). Paul F. Colbert was a well-liked for- Courtesy of the Coral Springs Historical mer principal of Hollywood Central Society. School. Colbert was also principal dent from 1932 to 1952. He was of West Hollywood, Hallandale and popular with female teachers for Dania elementary schools, McNi- col Junior High and South Broward

Frank Stirling (1878-1949). Broward County Historical Commission, Stirling Family Collection.

Clarence C. Walker (1880-1942). Courtesy of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Ulric Bennett (1888-1982). Image from Painting at the Bennett Elementary School. Society. Broward Legacy • 19 Russell O. Bair (1897-1973). From the Fort Lauderdale High School Annual, Ebb Tide, Courtesy of Christine Lee.

lywood’s first junior high teacher, and second teacher, beginning in 1924 and remaining for decades. She began teaching in the Young Paul F. Colbert (1904-1972). Courtesy of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. Company sales pavilion at 19th and Harrison Street, then Hollywood Central when it was built. and Hollywood Hills high schools. Sunrise: Named after teacher, tru- Continuing his extraordinary service ant officer and textbook coordinator Chester A. Moore Elementary to the children and teachers of the Russell O. Bair. He retired in 1966 School in Hallandale was named for county, Colbert went on to become after 36 years with Broward Coun- Moore who was principal for many assistant superintendent and then as- ty Schools. For years he provided years of the Hallandale school. The sociate superintendent for the Bro- free theater tickets to students with school was closed because the number ward County School District before perfect attendance. of students attending wasn’t enough retiring in 1970. to merit the school’s continuance. Piper High, Sunrise: William Watkins Elementary: Pembroke Piper, Sr. was an aviation pioneer, McArthur High School, Holly- Park: Mrs. Pauline Watkins, a inventor and local benefactor. He wood: James Neville McArthur teacher in Broward County for 35 gave the Broward County public owned the best-known dairy in years, had this school named in school system the large acreage south Broward County, begun in her honor in on which Fort Lauderdale High 1929 with 50 acres. Prior to start- 1955 for her School was relocated to in 1962. ing the dairy, McArthur taught for long service His generosity has been memori- several years in Miami. In 1956 he to students. alized in the Piper Auditorium at donated land at 6501 Hollywood She was a that school. He was the inventor Boulevard where McArthur High social stud- and manufacturer of the Piper Cub School opened, initially in portable ies teacher aircraft. classrooms. In 1958 he donated an- and exten- other 10 acres and the permanent sive world Other schools named after promi- school was erected. He often went t r a v e l e r . nent people include the following. by the name of J. Neville. She also led Morrow Elementary School, in the Camp North Lauderdale, was named for Pauline Watkins (1915- Fire Girls in principal and School Board Special 2011). From the South Hollywood. Projects Supervisor Carmon Morrow. Broward High School Annual, the Browardier, Bair Mid- McNicol Middle School was 1960. dle School, named after Fannie McNicol, Hol- 20 • Broward Legacy