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Wilmington High School was a public high school in
Wilmington High School was a public high school in Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...
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Its mascot was the red devils.
It was the last traditional public high school in the Wilmington city limits.
History
It was established in 1872. Initially black children were not permitted to enroll at Wilmington High, and they were only allowed to go toHoward High School Howard High School may refer to:
* David T. Howard High School, a former high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
* Howard High School of Technology
Howard High School of Technology is a vocational-technical high school in Wilmington, Delaware and is ...
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In the middle of the 20th century the school racially integrated. Initially there were conflicts. In 1960 it moved into its final building. Alumnus Dr. Pete Grandell of Elsmere stated that racial tensions evaporated by the 1960s. The school became mostly African-American by the 1970s.
The school's final building was designed by Wilmington architects Whiteside, Moeckel & Carbonell
G. Morris Whiteside II (July 7, 1884 – December 22, 1963) was an American architect in practice in Wilmington, Delaware from 1910 until his death in 1963.
Life and career
George Morris Whiteside 2d, or II, was born July 7, 1884, in Phila ...
.W. Barksdale Maynard, ''Buildings of Delaware'' (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008): 135.
After 1978 a desegregation order resulted in the Wilmington area being divided amongst several school districts. Wilmington High remained open as part of the Red Clay School District.
Eventually the student population decreased, resulting in its closure. It closed in 1999.
Student body
It had 1,069 students, 77% white and 22% black, in 1964. It had 1,967 students, 71% black and 24% white, in 1973.See also
* P. S. Dupont High School, another former traditional comprehensive high school in WilmingtonReferences
External links
* Public high schools in Delaware High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Schools in Wilmington, Delaware 1872 establishments in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1872 1999 disestablishments in Delaware Educational institutions disestablished in 1999 {{Delaware-school-stub