Langley K-8, formerly Langley High School, is a

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in the Sheraden neighborhood of

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, United States. Langley was one of ten

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

s in the

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. On November 23, 2011, the Pittsburgh Board of Education approved a reform plan that would close Langley High School as an active school for the 2012–13 school year. The staff and student body would be relocated to the nearby

Brashear High School Brashear High School is a large, urban, magnet, public school in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Brashear is one of four high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In the 2010–2011 school year, the sc ...

, the district revealed plans for the Langley building to remain open as a middle school grades 6–8. Langley later reopened to serve students grade K-8. The building is an example of

Tudor Revival architecture Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

with the portions completed in 1923 and 1927 designed by MacClure & Spahr and is listed on the

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. The high school is named for aviation pioneer and one-time

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professor

Samuel P. Langley Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who Invention, invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of a ...

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