A. H. Parker High School

A. H. Parker High School

Infobox School
name = A.H. Parker High School


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location = 900 4th Street N.
Birmingham, Alabama 35204
country = United States
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district = Birmingham City Schools
principal = Joseph Martin
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faculty = 69.0 (on FTE basis) [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=010039000165&ID=010039000165 Parker High School] . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-08-18. "Students: 1015 (2005-2006)"]
ratio = 14.7
enrollment = 750
enrollment_as_of = 2007
type = Public
grades = 9 to 12
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established = 1900
free_label = Former names
free_text = Negro High School
Industrial High School
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A.H. Parker High School is a public high school located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school educates about 750 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Birmingham City Schools district.

As of 2008, the principal is Joseph Martin. [cite news |author=Erin Stock |title=Parker High supporters assail Birmingham's oversight, want principal removed |url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/06/parker_high_supporters_assail.html |work=The Birmingham News |date=11 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18] [cite news |title=Smooth Late Registration for Birmingham Students |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25938699/ |publisher=WVTM-TV, MSNBC.com |date=31 July 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18]

History

A.H. Parker High school opened in 1900 as Negro High School then Industrial High School as the first high school for African American in Birmingham when John Herbert Phillips was superintendent.

Parker High School was once the largest African American high school in the United States with 3,700 students.cite news |author=Patrik Jonsson |title=White grad makes history at black school in Alabama |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003719592_graduate24.html |work=Seattle Times |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |date=24 May 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-18]

Notable alumni

*Larry Langford, mayor of Birmingham, Alabama (2007–present) [cite web |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1498&category=PoliticalMakers |title=Larry Langford Biography |work=The History Makers |accessdate=2008-08-18]

References

reflistHOF Footbal Player Buck Buchannon, Emmy Award Winner Nell Carter Birmingham Councilman Rodrick Royal are also alumni of A.H.Parker High

External links

* [http://www.parkeralumni.com Parker High School History] by the Parker High School Alumni Association


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