Osbourn Park High School

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Osbourn Park High School

Established	1976
School type	public school
Principal	Tim Healey
Location	8909 Euclid Avenue Manassas, Virginia 20112
Enrollment	2,642
Colors	Blue & Yellow
Nickname	Yellow Jackets
Homepage	Official Site

Osbourn Park Senior High School is a public secondary school in Manassas, Virginia and one of ten high schools located in suburban Prince William County, a part of the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Osbourn Park serves the mid part of the county and is located between the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. The community is comprised of business, professional, U.S. Government and military residents. Osbourn Park has also been designated as The Biotechnology Center and houses two other unique programs: Allied Health and NJROTC. It has at various times had a student population ranging from 1900 to 2500, but it is currently at 2,642 in grades 9-12.

1 History
2 Style
3 Address
4 Athletics
5 List of notable alumni

[edit] History

Osbourn Park opened in 1976 and was named after Eugena Osbourn, a proponent of public education in Manassas and Prince William County, Virginia. Ms. Osbourn was the principal of Osbourn High School in Manassas. In the 1970s, a new school was constructed on county property lying between the towns of Manassas and Manassas Park. By 1977, both towns had become independent cities with their own high schools. The old Osbourn High School was reopened and used by the City of Manassas. The City of Manassas Park built a Manassas Park High School. The official portrait of Eugena Osbourn is on display in the school library of Osbourn Park.

[edit] Style

Osbourn Park is very much a classic school of the 1970s, constructed with open, modular classrooms. Renovations began in 2005 to update the near thirty-year old interior of the building. Some of the changes include permanent walls for classrooms including doors, new floors, and newly painted walls. These renovations are slated to be complete by the start of the 06-07 school year. Stonewall Jackson High School, another county high school constructed around the same time, is an exact replica of Osbourn Park. Both schools have a red brick facade.