South Boston High School

South Boston High School
Address
95 G Street
South Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates 42°19′57″N 71°02′42″W / 42.33250°N 71.04500°WCoordinates: 42°19′57″N 71°02′42″W / 42.33250°N 71.04500°W
Information
Type Public
Opened September 1901[1]
School district Boston Public Schools

South Boston High School was a public high school located in South Boston, Massachusetts. It was part of Boston Public Schools.

History

South Boston High School was built on Telegraph Hill in Dorchester Heights in 1901. It was the first high school in the South Boston neighborhood.[1][2]

During the Boston busing crisis in the 1970s, several racial incidents took place at the school. [3] In 1975, the school was placed into receivership.[4]

The school building, now renamed the South Boston Education Complex, houses Excel High School, Monument High School, and Boston Green Academy.[5][6][7]

It is located on 95 St. South Boston,Ma

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sullivan, Jim (2007). South Boston. Arcadia Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 9780738555287.
  2. ↑ Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell (2006). South Boston. Arcadia Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9780738539485.
  3. ↑ O'Connor, Thomas H. (1994) [1988]. South Boston, My Home Town: The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood. Northeastern University Press. p. 220. ISBN 9781555531881.
  4. ↑ "South Boston High School put into receivership by court". The Morning Record. Associated Press. December 10, 1975. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Excel High School home page". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Monument High School home page". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Boston Green Academy home page". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  8. ↑ Marquard, Bryan (June 22, 2010). "John Ferruggio, at 84; hero of 1970 Pan Am hijacking". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  9. ↑ Rimer, Sara (May 7, 1993). "School in Boston Is Shut for Week After Race Fight". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  10. ↑ Schoenberg, Shira (February 23, 2013). "U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch makes journey from iron worker to Democratic Senate candidate". The Republican. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  11. ↑ Maguire, Ken (April 16, 2001). "Joe Moakley takes on a new battle: Leukemia". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. p. A4. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  12. ↑ Lehr, Dick; O'Neill, Gerard (2000). "Buried by the Mob". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-02-15.