McKinley Classical Leadership Academy

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy
Location
2156 Russell Street
St. Louis, MO 63104

United States
Information
Type Magnet high school
Established 1904
School district St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent Kelvin Adams
Principal Earl Williams
Grades 9–12
Campus type Urban
Color(s)          Black and gold
Mascot Goldbugs
Information (314) 773-0027
Website

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy (also known as McKinley High School) is a public high school for gifted and talented students in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. McKinley opened in 1904 as the first comprehensive public high school in south St. Louis, then closed in 1988 and operated as a magnet middle school in the 1990s and 2000s.[1] In 2007, it reopened as a high school for gifted and talented students, and in May 2011 it graduated nine students.[2]

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Virginia Publishing Company. pp. 128–129. ISBN 1891442333. http://books.google.com/books?id=qTuiFxwEgS4C. 
  2. ^ Crouch, Elisa (May 21, 2011). "McKinley high school graduates its first class". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/mckinley-high-school-graduates-its-first-class/article_91eaa6fe-7381-5416-b758-4a16db872b4b.html. Retrieved December 27, 2011.