- Cooley Vocational High School
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Cooley Vocational High School Address 1225 N. Sedgwick St.
Chicago, Illinois, 60610
USACoordinates 41°44′17″N 87°34′22″W / 41.7381°N 87.5729°W Information School type Public, secondary, vocational Established 1958 Status Closed Closed 1979 School district Chicago Public Schools Grades 7–12 Gender Coed Campus type Urban Color(s) Orange
BlackTeam name Comets Cooley Vocational High School was a public vocational high school in Chicago, Illinois, which served grades 7 through 12. It was part of Chicago Public Schools. It was adjacent to the Cabrini–Green housing development. It was named after Chicago Public Schools Superintendent, Edwin G. Cooley.
Cooley Vocational High School was the subject of the 1975 film Cooley High. Eric Monte, a former Cooley student, based the film on his experiences from attending Cooley Vocational High School.
History
The location was known as Lane Technical High School in the 1930s. In 1940, the building was occupied by Washburne Trade School. In 1958, Washburne moved, leaving the building vacant. At that time Cabrini-Green's population had reached about 15,000 residents. In order to provide education for the residents' children, Cooley Vocational High School opened in 1958.
Closing
Several difficulties in the area and the building led to Cooley Vocational High School being shut down. The school was demolished and replaced by Near North Career Metropolitan High School in 1979.
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