Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

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Central High School
Address
905 15th Street
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Information
School district Tuscaloosa City Schools
Principal Major Herb Ragsdale
Enrollment

630 (2006)
School type Public high school
Grades 9–12
Language English
Mascot Falcons
Color(s) Burgundy, gray, and white
Founded 1979
Homepage http://www.chs.tusc.k12.al.us/

Central High School is a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, enrolling grades 9-12. The school enrolls 630 students, and is one of three traditional high schools in the Tuscaloosa City School District along with Paul W. Bryant High School and Northridge High School.[1] Central High School offers the International Baccalaureate program.[2]

Central High School was formed by the merger of Tuscaloosa High School and Druid High School in 1979 in response to a federal desegregation order. The school operated on two campuses, a west campus (West Central) made up of the former Druid High property and enrolling grades 9 and 10, and an east campus (East Central) on the former Tuscaloosa High grounds enrolling 10th and 11th grade. In 1999, the desegregation order was lifted, and two new high schools, Bryant and Northridge, were opened in 2003. In 2004, all Central students were transferred to West Central so that East Central could be demolished for a new Central High facility. The new, $31 million school building was completed in 2006 and houses all current Central students.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Central High School - About the School, retrieved July 23, 2007; Our Schools, retrieved July 23, 2007.
  2. ^ International Baccalaureate Program - Central High School, retrieved July 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Alison Schmitke, "Teaching Brown in Tuscaloosa", Rethinking Schools, Vol. 20, No. 2, Winter 2005/2006; Jonathan Shaw, "New Central Expected to Make Community Proud", West End Journal, April 9, 2007.
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