John Adams Middle School: 50 Years on Presidential Drive, Charleston, West Virginia
John Adams Middle School 50 th on Presidential Drive Ernest Everett Blevins, mfa This year marks the 50 th year for classes at John Adams Middle in South Hills, however, the name John Adams Junior High predates the physical campus at 2002 Presidential Drive. The first mention in the Charleston Daily Mail of John Adams was on November 15, 1959, noting John Adams Junior High is housed in the former “Technical High School” at 422 Dickinson Street in a story about women taking an automotive mechanics class. [1] The first mention of the John Adams Junior High name was in the Charleston Daily Mail on November 15, 1959 in a story about women taking an automotive mechanics class. The story referenced John Adams was housed at former “Technical High School” at 422 Dickinson Street. After Brown v. Board of Education, Kanawha County desegregated threating the future of Garnet High School. Garnet High was built in 1928-1929 is one of the buildings that is a local landm...