Birmingham City Schools
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Birmingham City Schools is the public school district that serves the U.S. city of Birmingham, Alabama.
It is currently the third largest school system in Alabama behind Mobile County Public School System and Jefferson County School System. The current enrollment of the system is 30,500 students, but has been continuously suffering from a significant drop in enrollment to surrounding school districts for nearly 3 decades. There are currently 60 schools in the system, 7 high schools, 13 middle school, 32 elementary school, and 8 K-8 secondary schools.
List of Birmingham City Schools
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[edit] High schools
The 7 high schools in the system are:
- George Washington Carver High School
- Huffman High School
- A. H. Parker High School (founded as Industrial High School)
- Wenonah High School
- P.D. Jackson-Olin High School (founded as Western Olin High School in 1952)
- Woodlawn High School
- Ramsay High School
Former high schools include:
- Kennedy Alternative High School (closed)
- West End High School (closed in 2008)
- Hayes High School (closed in 2008)
- Banks High School (first class graduated 1961, converted to a middle school, closed in 2007)
- Ensley High School (founded 1901, joined Birmingham system in 1910, merged with Jackson Olin in 2006)
- J. H. Phillips High School (founded as Birmingham High School in 1923, merged into Carver in 2001, became John Herbert Phillips Pre-K-8 Academy in 2007)
- Thomas School (founded in 1910, long vacant, newly renovated for a homeless mission)
- Ullman High School (founded as a grammar school, became a high school in 1937, now part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus)
- Jones Valley High School (founded as a high school, then a K-8 school, then demolished after the 2008-2009 school year)
[edit] School uniforms
All students in the city schools are required to wear school uniforms.[1]
[edit] Board members
As of 2008 the school board is composed of nine members elected from nine geographical districts within the city of Birmingham. As of 2007, the President is Carolyn Cobb (District 4) and the Vice President is Martha Wixon (District 1). Other members include Howard Bayless (District 3). Seven of the nine members are female and six are African American.
[edit] References
- ^ "Code of Student Conduct July 2005." Birmingham City Schools. Accessed September 28, 2008.
[edit] External links
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