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Northwestern High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

Coordinates: 39°21′52″N 76°42′14″W / 39.36444°N 76.70389°W / 39.36444; -76.70389
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Northwestern High School
Address
Map
6900 Park Heights Avenue

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21215

Coordinates39°21′52″N 76°42′14″W / 39.36444°N 76.70389°W / 39.36444; -76.70389
Information
School typeDefunct public high school
Founded1965
Closed2017
School districtBaltimore City Public Schools
School number401
Grades9-12
AreaUrban
Color(s)Blue and White
   
Team nameWildcats
Websitewww.baltimorecityschools.org/401

Northwestern High School was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1965 to 2017. When it was built in 1965, it was racially integrated. The school's track and field teams from the 1970's and 1980's were some of the state's best, winning multiple MSA A Conference Championships.

When plans were announced in 2016 to close the school, alumni and community leaders mounted an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to keep it open.[1] Northwestern High School closed at the end of the 2016–2017 school year, having been merged with Forest Park High School as part of the city school district's "21st Century Schools Building Plan" to consolidate and modernize its schools in response to declining enrollments. Student records are obtainable through BCPS school headquarters.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ Green, Erica L. (July 5, 2016). "City schools building plan causes upset in Northwest Baltimore". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Keandre Cook - Men's Basketball". Missouri State.
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