313 Scarboro 85
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The Scarboro 85 Monument Celebration Committee has been working diligently to honor the 85 students who entered the previously segregated Robertsville Junior High and Oak Ridge High Schools, in 1955. John Spratling will tell the story of the Scarboro 85 and share what is being done in Oak Ridge to honor the 85 brave young people who were the very first African American students to desegregate a public school system in the Southeast United States.
John Spratling
John Spratling is a native of Oak Ridge. He earned a BA in education and Spanish from East Tennessee State University. He earned a MA in teaching from East Tennessee State University. He is currently a 5th grade teacher at Robertsville Middle School. He has received the Civil Rights/Liberties: Excellence in Teaching Award for the Social Studies Tennessee Council. He is a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Ridge Board of Directors, member of the NAACP Oak Ridge-Anderson County, trustee at Oak Valley Baptist Church, and head basketball coach at Robertsville Middle School.