Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

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name= Central High School


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streetaddress= 905 15th Street
city= Tuscaloosa
state= Alabama
zipcode= 35401
url= http://www.chs.tusc.k12.al.us/
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district= Tuscaloosa City Schools
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principal= Major Herb Ragsdale
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type= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 9–12
language= English
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mascot= Falcons
colors= Burgundy, gray, and white
founded= 1979
enrollment= 630
enrollment_as_of= 2006
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seealso|Central High School "for schools of the same name"

Central High School is a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, enrolling grades 9-12. The school enrolls 630 students, and is one of three traditional high schools in the Tuscaloosa City School District along with Paul W. Bryant High School and Northridge High School. [ [http://www.chs.tusc.k12.al.us/home/abtsch.htm Central High School - About the School] , retrieved July 23, 2007; [http://www.tusc.k12.al.us/schools/index.html Our Schools] , retrieved July 23, 2007.] Central High School offers the International Baccalaureate program. [ [http://www.chs.tusc.k12.al.us/IB/index.html International Baccalaureate Program - Central High School] , retrieved July 23, 2007.]

Central High School was formed by the merger of Tuscaloosa High School and Druid High School in 1979 in response to a federal desegregation order. The school operated on two campuses, a west campus (West Central) made up of the former Druid High property and enrolling grades 9 and 10, and an east campus (East Central) on the former Tuscaloosa High grounds enrolling 10th and 11th grade. In 1999, the desegregation order was lifted, and two new high schools, Bryant and Northridge, were opened in 2003. In 2004, all Central students were transferred to West Central so that East Central could be demolished for a new Central High facility. The new, $31 million school building was completed in 2006 and houses all current Central students. [Alison Schmitke, " [http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/20_02/tusc202.shtml Teaching Brown in Tuscaloosa] ", "Rethinking Schools", Vol. 20, No. 2, Winter 2005/2006; Jonathan Shaw, " [http://www.westendjournal.com/newcentralproud.htm New Central Expected to Make Community Proud] ", "West End Journal", April 9, 2007.]

Notable Alumni

*David Robertson (baseball), MLB baseball player

External links

* [http://www.chs.tusc.k12.al.us/ Central High School] - official site

References