Her
innovative practices and ideas in education, led to her being appointed
the first Jeans Supervising Industrial Teacher in 1908. In 1938, Miss
Randolph was appointed to the Industrial School Board of Colored
Children after the death of noted Richmonder, Maggie Walker. She also
served for many years on the Inter-Racial and Health Board for the State
of Virginia.
That one room school
house has long ago disappeared and its location has become the Virginia
Randolph Education Center, a campus containing a high school, an adult
learning center, a special education center, and a museum dedicated to
her honor.
During her 57 year career
with the Henrico County School System, she contiued to influence her
students and other educators throughout the world. On March 16, 1958,
Miss Randolph passed away quietly at her home in Richmond, Virginia at
the age of 84. |