Following Excerpt from: Doyle School Community Center Site:

Up until the fall of 1963, The Doyle School was the public school for black students in Kerrville.  The school which had students from the first through twelfth grade had slightly over 100 students at its largest.  It became the intellectual, cultural and social growth center of the community.  Most of the students that traveled, traveled because of the school.  Every high school student was required to learn to play a musical instrument.  Every elementary student was expected to participate in plays.  With the closing of Doyle, many of the most educated people in the community were dispersed, and local programs for rounding students and enlightening the community ceased.  It was the hope of the community that some of that community spark could be reignited through a community center.  Of course Doyle, the institution that was so vital to the development of most individuals in that community, is a name everyone wanted to keep.  In August 2003, the Doyle School Community Center opened its doors for the first time.