Charles E. Jordan High School
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| Charles E. Jordan High School | |
| Location | |
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Durham, North Carolina  , USA  |
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| Information | |
| School district | Durham Public Schools |
| Principal | Richard Webber |
| Enrollment |
1829 |
| Type | Public |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Established | 1964 |
| Homepage | http://jordan.dpsnc.net/ |
Charles E. Jordan High School (generally referred to as Jordan) is located in Durham, North Carolina. It is one of seven high schools in Durham Public Schools. It is located on Garrett Road near Hope Valley Road in southwest Durham. The school mascot is the falcon.
Jordan students come from many area middle schools such as Shepard, Sherwood Githens, Lowe's Grove, Immaculata, and Rogers-Herr.
Jordan had an enrollment of approximately 1,864 students as of 2007.[1] Students at Jordan come from a broad swathe of southern and western Durham, covering neighborhoods of varying socio-economic backgrounds. The school is fairly balanced between black and white students but has seen a rising number of Hispanic students from Durham's influx of Spanish-speaking people.
In 2005, Newsweek magazine ranked Jordan 192nd in its annual listing of top high schools in the United States. In 2007, Newsweek ranked Jordan as the 307th best high school in America.[2] This study was based largely on the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Tests taken to the number of graduating high school seniors.
Athletics are also prominent at the school. Traditionally, Chapel Hill High School is Jordan's biggest soccer rival, although in recent years East Chapel Hill High School has emerged as another rival. Hillside High School and Northern High School remain football rivals. Jordan has won over 17 state championships in athletics since its opening in 1964.
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[edit] History
The Charles E. Jordan High School education complex on Garrett Road was constructed in 1964. The high school at that time belonged to the Durham County School System along with Northern High School and Jordan High School and contained only grades 10, 11 and 12.
Githens Junior High School (now called Githens Middle School) once shared buildings with Jordan High School beginning in 1966. An interior gate on a hall way divided the two schools. Githens contained grades (7, 8 and 9). In 1988 a new stand alone Githens Junior High School building was completed at 4800 Chapel Hill Road. Jordan High School then took the entire building it currently occupies.
The NAACP sued the Durham County Schools for integration of the schools. The Durham County School Board had an integration plan accepted by the Federal District Court in Greensboro in 1968 stating that all high schools and junior high schools would be integrated in the fall of 1969. Due to space limitations and the need to purchase mobile units to accomplish integration at the elementary school level, the Federal District Judge in Greensboro gave a year delay for the integration of the elementary schools.
The principals of Durham County's high schools were all employed during legal segregation. A lot of discussion took place by whites and African Americans in the Durham community about how successful the process of integration would be in Durham County. Many knew there would be problems at Southern High School, because the Southern High School mascot was the Rebel, and the high school used the rebel flag (later changed to the Spartan). The principal at Southern High School during this time was Sidney Ray.
There was less concern about integration at the Durham County School System's Jordan High School because this high school had been attended by Durham's more affluent families, both black and white.
Northern High School was at the opposite end of the spectrum having one of the most rigid principals in the Durham County School System.
During the 1980s Jordan High School was the second largest high school in Durham County after Northern High School. Today Jordan High School rivals Riverside High School in size as one of the largest schools in Durham Public Schools.
In March of 2008, Laurence Lovette and Demario Atwater, dropouts from Charles E. Jordan High School, were charged with murdering Eve Carson, a student at the University of North Carolina.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 20-day Enrollment Report. Durham Public Schools. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ 4 DPS high schools named to Newsweek Top 1,200 list. Durham Public Schools. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ "NC slaying suspects fell through cracks", Associated Press, 2008-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- The Jordan High School Band
- Durham Jordan Falcons' Football site
- Jordan Lacrosse Team
- Mr. McDonald's Class Webpage
- Charles E. Jordan High School is at coordinates Coordinates:
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