Birmingham City Schools

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Birmingham City Schools is the public school district that serves the U.S. city of Birmingham, Alabama.

It is currently the third largest school system in Alabama behind Mobile County Public School System and Jefferson County School System. The current enrollment of the system is 30,500 students, but has been continuously suffering from a significant drop in enrollment to surrounding school districts for nearly 3 decades. There are currently 67 schools in the system, 10 high schools, 13 middle school, 34 elementary school, and 9 K-8 secondary schools.

[edit] High schools

The 10 high schools in the system are:

George Washington Carver High School
Huffman High School
A. H. Parker High School (founded as Industrial High School)
Hayes High School
West End High School
Wenonah High School
Jackson-Olin High School (founded as Western Olin High School in 1952)
Woodlawn High School
Kennedy Alternative High School
Ramsay High School

Former high schools include:

Banks High School (first class graduated 1961, converted to a middle school, closed in 2007)
Ensley High School (founded 1901, joined Birmingham system in 1910, merged with Jackson Olin in 2006)
Phillips High School (founded as Birmingham High School in 1923, merged into Carver in 2001, became Phillips Pre-K-8 Academy in 2007)
Thomas School (founded in 1910, long vacant, newly renovated for a homeless mission)
Ullman High School (founded as a grammar school, became a high school in 1937, now part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus)
Jones Valley High School (now a middle school)

[edit] Board members

The school board is composed of nine members elected from nine geographical districts within the city of Birmingham. As of 2007, the President is Carolyn Cobb (District 4) and the Vice President is Martha Wixon (District 1). Other members include Howard Bayless (District 3). Seven of the nine members are female and six are African American.