A. D. Harris High School was an alternative high school in

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, United States. The

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has been used as a black high school (during the era of segregation), as an

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(Glenwood Elementary School), and as a sixth-grade center. The school closed in 2009, but community efforts towards reopening it were underway in 2013.A.D. Harris mounts a comeback
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. The 5.1 acre campus is located East 11th Street and Macarthur Avenue. Ownership of the property belongs to the Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency. The school reopened with approximately 234 students from the grades 9 to 12.

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