Evander Childs Educational Campus

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Evander Childs Educational Campus occupies the building and grounds originally used by Evander Childs High School. It is located in The Bronx, New York, at 800 East Gun Hill Road.

1 School closure
2 Notable alumni
3 References
4 External links

[edit] School closure

As of June, 2005, Evander Childs has begun the process of being phased out. The school has stopped accepting new ninth graders, so it should graduate its last senior class in June, 2008. The building is now home to a number of smaller schools, including:

Evander Childs High School
Bronx Aerospace Academy
High School for Writing and Communication Arts
Bronx High School for Contemporary Arts
Bronx Lab School
High School of Computers and Technology
Bronx Academy of Health Careers

[edit] Notable alumni

James Hagerty, White House Press Secretary during the Eisenhower Administration.^[1]

[edit] References

^ McQuiston, John T. "JAMES C. HAGERTY, 71, DIES; EISENHOWER PRESS SECRETARY", The New York Times, April 13, 1981. Accessed December 1, 2007. "After his family moved to New York City from Plattsburgh, when he was three years old, James Hagerty attended grade school in the Bronx and the Evander Childs High School before enrolling at Blair Academy, in Blairstown, N.J., for his last two years of high school."

[edit] External links

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