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Birmingham High School
- Location & Contact Information
- Address, Directions, & Map:
- 17000 Haynes Street, Van Nuys, California, United States of America
- Telephone Numbers:
- (818) 758-5200
- (818) 342-5877 (fax)
- Official Website: [1]
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- History & Memorable Moments
This school was built on the site of Birmingham General Hospital. This facility was an United States Army hospital that operated primarily as a rehabilitation center for soldiers injured during World War II. It was named after Col. Henry Patrick Birmingham, a senior officer in the Medical Corps who died in 1930. The hospital closed in 1948. [1]
The site was acquired by Los Angeles City Schools in the early 1950s (for the token price of $1), and became the home to Birmingham Junior High School in 1953. The school expanded into a six-year campus in 1956. In 1963, the northern part of the campus became William Mulholland Junior High School. [1]
The original name of the sports teams were the Braves; this name was changed to the Patriots in the late 1990s when the LAUSD Board of Education voted to do away with team mascots depicting native Americans due to the threat of a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. This was in spite of the fact the school was dedicated by Jay Silverheels (Tonto) and five gathered Native-American Chiefs from the San Fernando Valley Indian Council. [1]
From 1976 to 1979, the San Fernando Valley's first professional sports team, the Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League, played their home games at Birmingham stadium. They won the 1976 ASL championship 2-1 over the New York Apollo in front of over 9,000 fans there. [1]
In January 2006, The Los Angeles Times published a series of articles discussing the graduation/dropout rate at the school and how it relates to the rate for the rest of LAUSD. [1]
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