Wilbur Wright Middle School

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Wilbur Wright Middle School website Enrollment: Principal: Shawna Welch Information: http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/schools/reportcards2006/WilburWrightJrHighSchool.pdf
Background

Wilbur Wright Middle School is an integrated learning school serving the middle school grades 7-8 in the Dayton Public Schools district of Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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[edit] History

Wilbur Wright Middle School was named for the older of the Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright, and started as an elementary school but quickly became one of the high schools in Dayton, Ohio. For at least the past decade, Wilbur Wright has been a middle school.

[edit] Location

Wilbur Wright Middle School and its sister school, Orville Wright Elementary, sit in the historic district of Huffman Hills in east Dayton. This is an area of historical significance for the Wright brothers. In particular, the Wright brothers perfected controlled flight on Huffman Prairie, a site now part of Wright Patterson Air Force Base and just east of Wilbur Wright Middle School.

[edit] References

Dayton Public Schools - Middle Schools - Wilbur Wright

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