Southwestern Senior High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

Southwestern Senior High School
Address
200 Font Hill Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21223
Coordinates	39°17′4″N 76°39′51″W / 39.28444°N 76.66417°W / 39.28444; -76.66417Coordinates: 39°17′4″N 76°39′51″W / 39.28444°N 76.66417°W / 39.28444; -76.66417
Information
School type	Public, Defunct, Comprehensive
Founded	1971
Closed	2007
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
School number	412
Grades	9-12
Area	Urban
Team name	Sabers

Southwestern Senior High School was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruff Endz band members David Chance and Dante Jordan attended. Current Engineering Education leader, Clifton Martin also attended this great institution. Southwestern Senior High School opened in September 1971 and closed in June 2007. The building sat vacant for one year before the city leased the school to the SEED School of Maryland boarding school. The main classroom building was torn down along with the library and cafeteria. The building has been replaced with dorms and portable classrooms.

Notable Instructors

Jack L. Chalker, Novelist Jack L. Chalker, who wrote over 50 books, taught at this school until 1978, when he retired to write full-time.

Baltimore City Public Schools
High Schools	Achievement Academy-Harbor City Banks Coppin Forest Park Frederick Douglass Freedom Academy Heritage Independence School Local 1 Johnson Lake Clifton Eastern New Era Academy Northern Northwestern High School Patterson Lewis Renaissance Southside Southern Southwestern Thurgood Marshall Walbrook W.E.B. DuBois Wood Alternate
Magnet Schools	Academy for College and Career Exploration Augusta Fells Savage Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore Career Academy Carver City College ConneXions Digital Harbor Dunbar Edmondson-Westside Mergenthaler National Academy Foundation School Polytech Baltimore Talent Development Thomas Medical Arts Academy Western
Elementary/Middle Schools	Civitas Mosher See list
Closed	Eastern High School
Miscellaneous	Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public Schools

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