Phineas Banning High School is located in the Wilmington neighborhood of

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, and is a part of the

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History

Banning High School was renamed in honor of General Phineas Banning when a newer facility at Avalon and Pacific Coast Highway was opened in 1926. The 'old' red brick building was a landmark in the Wilmington town for many years. The ivy covered brick building suffered damage in the

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and was torn down in 1973. For three years, classes were held in bungalows while the new building was being constructed. In fall 1975, the new building was opened on the grounds with a Lakme Avenue address. Along with the new building, a new gymnasium and swimming pool were added to the campus—the home of the Banning Pilots. It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. After several years of repeated failure to improve its unsatisfactory performance, Banning High School entered LAUSD's Public School Choice process in 2012, which allowed teacher teams to develop reform plans. As a result, the Banning High School campus is slated to be divided into two schools: Banning High School (since state law prevents failing schools from changing their names) and the Banning Academies of Creative and Innovative Sciences (BACIS), a teacher-designed school with a design based on current educational research. BACIS was scheduled to open as a Small Learning Community in Fall 2013 and to become a separate school on the shared campus in Fall 2014. Its website describes itself as "composed of three themed academies, the Academy of Manufacturing and Engineering, the Academy of Computer Science and Digital Arts, and the Business and Technology Magnet."

Demographics

As of the school year 2008-09, there were a total of 3,374 students attending the high school. *90% Hispanics (3009) *5%

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(191) *1.5%

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(49) *0.1% Native American (5) *1.7% Asian (59) *1.8%

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(59)

Facilities

A new building was built in 1975 to replace the 'old' red ivy covered brick building, which was damaged during the

and was a landmark in Wilmington for many years. A new gym and a swimming pool were added to the campus.

Notable alumni

* Tonie Campbell Olympic Bronze medalist * Michael Chambers *

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* Jeff Griffin * Dan Guerrero * Courtney Hall *

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(Los Angeles City Council member) * Jamelle Holieway * Leroy Holt * Steve Lewis * Frank Manumaleuna * Fred Matua * Freeman McNeil * Danny Reece * Steve Rivera * Tyrone Rodgers *

Ron Settles Ron Settles (June 12, 1959 – June 2, 1981) was a California State University, Long Beach and Banning High School football player who was arrested by the Signal Hill Police Department in 1981 then died while in police custody. The morning aft ...

* Thuy Trang * Mark Tucker *

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* Bob Whitfield * Stanley Wilson * Brett Young — former CFL defensive back. * Mike Busby — former MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. *

Travis Davis Travis Horace Davis (born January 10, 1973, in Wilmington, California) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played col ...

— former

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safety. *

Ernie Kell Ernest Eugene Kell, Jr. (July 5, 1928 – April 29, 2017) served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1984 to 1994, and as a city councilor for 13 years. Life and career Kell was born into modest circumstances on a farm in Washburn, North ...

— mayor of

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from 1984 to 1994

References

External links

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