East Nashville. They attended school in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of East Nashville until their new building was complete in 1934. From 1934-1959 it remained a grammar school. In 1959-1969, the school once again became a high school, but was closed in order to follow desegregation orders. In 1969, the school graduated its last senior class and phased out the elementary school as well. In 1970, Meigs became a junior high school. 1983 it became a magnet school- one of three magnet schools in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools system in order to continue Nashville desegregation efforts. Distinctions Meigs Magnet Middle Prep was recognized by the Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School in 2013. Enrollment Curriculum References Notes Bibliography Nabors, Lucille. A Bicentennial Chronicle: Metropolitan Public Schools, 1976, 99-100. External links Public high schools in Tennessee Schools in Nashville, Tennessee Magnet schools in Tennessee