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[Virginia HS Football Fan]

new name in 2027.

Richmond’s Armstrong High will be renamed in 2027 after surprise vote

The Board was originally not set to vote on the matter, but instead approve a recommendation from the administration to keep the name.

www.richmonder.org

 

[SpartanO’Yore]

new name in 2027.

Richmond’s Armstrong High will be renamed in 2027 after surprise vote

The Board was originally not set to vote on the matter, but instead approve a recommendation from the administration to keep the name.

www.richmonder.org

I seem to recall in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the Richmond city schools combined their sports teams, I suppose for budgetary reasons. If I have this correct, the schools didn’t consolidate, the teams from different schools just combined to compete together as one entity. So there was Armstrong-Kennedy, and Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe. And there might have been another.

I heard and read about them all the time in the Times-Dispatch while in college. Not being from the Richmond area, I thought those were the names of the schools, and not a reference to an arrangement for athletics. I think I have all that right - again, I welcome any corrections from those with more accurate information.

Anyway, I know there used to be some entity referred to as Armstrong-Kennedy. I’m a little surprised that article didn’t mention that.

 

[obguthr1]

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember more recently that the name of the school was Kennedy but the sports teams played as Armstrong-Kennedy too.

 

[Anon1751902864]

From 1979-1985 football seasons on FourSeasonsfootball.com are listed as Armstrong-kennedy. Also Jeff-huegenot-wythe and Marshall-Walker.

 

[SpartanO’Yore]

From 1979-1985 football seasons on FourSeasonsfootball.com are listed as Armstrong-kennedy. Also Jeff-huegenot-wythe and Marshall-Walker.

Yes, Marshall-Walker was the one I couldn’t remember.

 

[CRF4Dan]

Yes, Marshall-Walker was the one I couldn’t remember.

From what I understand from that era it was for budgetary reasons as well as competitive reasons. None of the city schools were lighting the world on fire in the late 70's going into the 80's. It existed from 1979-1985 and then they broke apart again.

Marshall-Walker split and Maggie Walker became a Governor's School, John Marshall had early success from 1986-1993.

Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe split. Huguenot turned a corner when Richard McFee took over in 1988 but from 86-87 they weren't much of anything before that. George Wythe had some moderate success before they fell into decades of despair and now go by the name Richmond High School of the Arts. TJ struggled mightily until the mid-2010's when Chad Hornik revitalized that program.

Armstrong-Kennedy split and neither team had much success afterwards. Armstrong made the playoffs in 1992 and Kennedy never did after the fact. Then they closed Armstrong in 2003, merged the schools into Kennedy and renamed the school.

Since 2013 the City has seen a revitalization... TJ, Huguenot and Armstrong are the jewels of the city. John Marshall had moderate success under Coach Sims. Wythe became Richmond, Richmond is getting a new school... not sure if that will make a difference on the field.

What I would love to see personally would be the merger of TJ and John Marshall. The City of Richmond does not really take care of their schools like they should. I think having 4 high schools in the city makes a lot more sense than 5.

What I would like to see as well is the those who clamored for the name change to Armstrong-Kennedy to foot the bill through fundraising efforts. It should not be up to the City of Richmond to foot a $100K bill for a name change. That money can be spent for so many other resources the kids in the City of Richmond could use.

 

[EPJr1947]

From what I understand from that era it was for budgetary reasons as well as competitive reasons. None of the city schools were lighting the world on fire in the late 70's going into the 80's. It existed from 1979-1985 and then they broke apart again.

Marshall-Walker split and Maggie Walker became a Governor's School, John Marshall had early success from 1986-1993.

Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe split. Huguenot turned a corner when Richard McFee took over in 1988 but from 86-87 they weren't much of anything before that. George Wythe had some moderate success before they fell into decades of despair and now go by the name Richmond High School of the Arts. TJ struggled mightily until the mid-2010's when Chad Hornik revitalized that program.

Armstrong-Kennedy split and neither team had much success afterwards. Armstrong made the playoffs in 1992 and Kennedy never did after the fact. Then they closed Armstrong in 2003, merged the schools into Kennedy and renamed the school.

Since 2013 the City has seen a revitalization... TJ, Huguenot and Armstrong are the jewels of the city. John Marshall had moderate success under Coach Sims. Wythe became Richmond, Richmond is getting a new school... not sure if that will make a difference on the field.

What I would love to see personally would be the merger of TJ and John Marshall. The City of Richmond does not really take care of their schools like they should. I think having 4 high schools in the city makes a lot more sense than 5.

What I would like to see as well is the those who clamored for the name change to Armstrong-Kennedy to foot the bill through fundraising efforts. It should not be up to the City of Richmond to foot a $100K bill for a name change. That money can be spent for so many other resources the kids in the City of Richmond could use.

they did spent the money to ghost the Kennedy folks by condemning the Armstrong building and sending those kids to KENNEDY and only using the Armstrong name because their alums were stronger in power. Chickens do come home to roust.