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A photo is taken of a mother explaining to her daughter the significance of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools in unconstitutional.

This class photo features Rhonda Trevino's niece, Victoria Roberts. Her grandmother (my mom) Syble Miller, and siblings attended Metz. Rylan and Wiley Winsell are Victoria Roberts children. They now attend Metz in first grade Mrs. Ziebell’s class.…

This image depicts the original school building built in 1916.

Ray Akin was an elementary school teacher, vice principal, and principal in the Austin Public Schools from 1936 through 1974. Ray was vice-principal and sixth grade teacher at Metz in 1949-53. His students in those days included Joe Lung, one of old…

This is Rylan Winsell in Kindergarten in 2019 with Mrs.Hernandez. Also contributed photos of Brother Wiley Winsell. Mother Victoria Roberts, great grandmother Syble Miller, who also attended Metz.

Rylan Winsell in 2019, as a Kindergarten student in Mrs. Hernandez's class.
Rylan's brother (Wiley Winsell), mother (Victoria Roberts), and great grandmother (Syble Miller), also attended Metz.

Rylan Winsell (Kindergarten - Mrs. Hernandez)
Also contributed photos of brother Wiley Winsell, mother Victoria Roberts and great grandmother Syble Miller, who also attended Metz.

This image shows students being bused to majority-white schools in 1971, after Austin ISD begins mandatory one-way busing to meet federal desegregation rules.

Syble Miller, mother of Rhonda Trevino, grandmother to Victoria Roberts, great grandmother to Wiley and Rylan Winsell.

This is Syble Miller, Rhonda Trevino's mother. She and her siblings attended Metz. Her grandchild Victoria Roberts and great grandchildren (Victorias children), also attended Metz.