Monitor Elementary School was first located at the corner of Ocmulgee Street and Walden Avenue in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

There were eight teachers on staff, and the new school consisted of seven classrooms for academic subjects and one home economics room.

Called the "High School Building," this structure included a library.

She notes many of the same hardships faced by other African American students at that time, who first integrated into previously all-white schools.

The next year, Fitzgerald school system became completely integrated.

Full integration in Fitzgerald did not take place until the 1968 school year.

Other activities included drama, business club, marching band, interpretive dance, and chorus.