77:. Ninth graders from both Summerlin and Union were moved to Bartow Jr. High while all 10-12 grade students were sent to Bartow Senior High School. The Union Academy campus became a middle school. In 1991 it was proposed that Union become an elementary school, but after complaints from the black community, it was instead decided to make it a magnet middle school. Bartow Middle School became the only middle school, and Union became a magnet in the fall of 1992.
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