Hayes High School (Birmingham, Alabama)

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Carol W. Hayes High School
Location
Birmingham, Alabama
Information
Principal Anthony Gardner
Type Public
Nickname Pacesetters
School color(s) Orange and Navy Blue
Established 1960

Carol W. Hayes High School is a public 9-12 high school in Birmingham, Alabama. Its current enrollment is 870 students in grades 9-11.

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[edit] History

The school was established in September 1960 in Avondale, in the eastern section of Birmingham. It is named for Dr. Carol William Hayes, the city's former "Director of Negro Schools".

The school added a twelfth grade in 1961, and the first seniors graduated in May of 1962. Hayes remained an all-black high school until it was desegregated in 1970.

Carol W. Hayes High School graduated senior classes from 1962 to 1989, when it was converted into a middle school. In 2003 it reverted to a high school, and graduated its first class in sixteen years in 2005.

After years of woeful underperformance, significant improvements in student accomplishments and behavior have been achieved in recent years, credited to the influence of principal Anthony Gardner. Nevertheless, the school is being considered for closure as part of the system's consolidation plans. After discovering the school was considered being closed as part of a consolidation plan, a majority of the students walked out of the school and started a protest in an attempt to keep the school from closing. The student protest gained local media attention from the area. The protest failed to overturn the school board's decision to close the school. [1]

[edit] Alma Mater

So stately she stands, a perfect view

Yea, her hearts embrace the new

Her goals reach upward towards the sky

We're ever proud of Dear Hayes High


We will rank among the few

Sons and daughters hearts anew

We'll stand up steadfast, courageous and true

Cheers for Dear Hayes, Cheers for Dear Hayes,

Cheers for Dear HAYES HIGH!!!

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Leech, Marie (February 24, 2008) "Birmingham's Hayes High is in midst of a turnaround, but progress may have come too late to save the school." Birmingham News
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