Sheepshead Bay High School is a defunct public high school in

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. Closed in 2016, the building currently operates as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, housing several smaller high schools.

History

Sheepshead Bay High School was a large, multi-cultural high school in

that closed in 2016. SBHS opened in 1959, welcoming ninth to twelfth grade students. The first graduating class was 1961.

Closure

On March 12, 2013, the

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's Panel For Educational Policy voted to approve plans to phase out Sheepshead Bay High School and introduce four new schools.

Notable alumni

* Randall Amster (1984) – author, professor *

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Notable faculty

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References

External links

Public high schools in Brooklyn Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-school-stub