Howard P. Carter Career Center was a

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in the Fifth Ward area of

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. The school, serving grades 6 through 12, was a part of the

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. The school served as a

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and pregnant girls' school. Carter Career Center had many students who are single parents. It had a day-care center that is supported by corporations, the state, the federal government, and foundations. After the closure of Carter, the building housed the DeVry Advantage Academy.School Histories
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History

The campus, built in 1913, originally housed McGowan Elementary School, a school for white children.School History
." E.O. Smith Education Center. Retrieved on November 10, 2010. On January 31, 1927 Wheatley High School first opened at 3415 Lyons Avenue in the former McGowan Elementary School building. In 1949 Wheatley moved into a new campus.Berryhill, Michael. "What's Wrong With Wheatley?." ''

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Retrieved on March 31, 2009. E.O. Smith Education Center opened in the former Wheatley building in 1950. During the beginning of the 1979-1980 school year, E.O. Smith moved into its current facility. Carter Career Center opened in the McGowen/Wheatley/Smith former building. In 2006,

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's separate campus closed and the program moved into Carter Career Center. A $4.5 million addition, funded through a 2004 bond issue, was opened in August 2007. This included culinary classrooms, high-tech laboratories, and a nursing school."Career center annex expands options"
Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, 4 August 2007.

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