Vaughn Occupational High School

Vaughn Occupational High School
Address
4355 N. Linder Ave
Chicago, Illinois, 60641
United States
Information
School type Public Secondary
Special Education
Founded 1968
Opened 1993 (as Vaughn Hs)
School district Chicago Public Schools
Principal Clyde R. Burnette Jr.
Grades 912
Gender Coed
Enrollment 207 (2013-14)[1]
Campus type Urban
Color(s)      Blue
     Gold
Mascot Eagles
Website School website

Jacqueline B. Vaughn Occupational High School is a public 4-year special education high school located in the Portage Park neighborhood on the north-west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school is named for Chicago public schools special education teacher and Chicago Teachers Union president Jacqueline B. Vaughn (1935–1994), she was the first African-American and first woman to head the nation's third largest teachers union local.

History

Vaughn Occupational High School opened in 1968 as Occupational Center C, later renamed Orlando W. Wilson Occupational High School after Chicago Police commissioner in 1975. In 1992, the school moved into its present location donated to the Chicago Public Schools by The Illinois Bell Telephone Company. The school was renamed to its current name after Jacqueline B. Vaughn by the Chicago Board of Education on April 1, 1993.

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