The Scarboro Community

The Scarboro Community is the home of the original African American families who were moved in 1946 from Woodland area hutments to houses in Gamble Valley. The community became known as Scarboro when the school by the same name located here in June 1949. It is the African American community where the Scarboro 85 desegregated Oak Ridge High and Robertsville Junior High Schools on September 6, 1955. Continued - It was also the home of the only elementary, junior high, and Black High School in Oak Ridge. Under the leadership of Principal Arizona Officer, the Scarboro School with grades one through six continued to operate as a community school until 1967. Steets in the community are named after Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Scarboro has a rich and largely untapped history.