West End High School (Birmingham, Alabama)

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West End High School
Location
1840 Pearson Ave. Birmingham, AL 35211
Information
School district	Birmingham City Schools
Principal	Allen Lewis
Type	public
Mascot	Lion
Sports	Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Baseball,Softball

West End High School was a public high school in the Birmingham City Schools system of Birmingham, Alabama. The school's massive red-brick building, completed in 1930 was a collaboration between noted local architects Warren, Knight and Davis and David O. Whilldin.

Under a consolidation plan approved by the Birmingham Board of Education in February 2008, West End High School was closed during the summer of 2008 with students transferring to Wenonah High School, A. H. Parker High School and Jackson-Olin High School. The closing was marked by a ceremony on June 7 with a parade, pep rally, picnic and alumni basketball game.

On June 27, 1982 West End alumnus and shuttle pilot Henry W. Hartsfield carried a West End banner into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.

[edit] Athletics

West End High School was well known in the Birmingham area for its basketball program. The Lions won two straight class 6A State titles in the 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years. West End was also the last Birmingham City School to compete in the class 6A title game in football during the 1993-94 school year. The Lions finished 13-2 that year and they were led by a defense dubbed the "dog pound."

[edit] References

• Ruisi, Anne (May 18, 2008) "Birmingham's West End High School gets set to close its doors." Birmingham News