George Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh)
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1101 N. Murtland Street Pittsburgh, PA 15208 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°27′39″N 79°54′4.36″W / 40.46083°N 79.9012111°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1917 |
| School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal | Mr. Alexander Herring (Acting) |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 781 August 2012 |
| Representative | Randall Taylor |
| Website | Official website |
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Front of school
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| Architect | Ingham & Boyd |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 86002716 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1986 |
| Designated CPHS | November 30, 1999 |
| Designated PHLF | 2001 |
Westinghouse High School is a public school in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, or The Academy at Westinghouse named for Pittsburgh resident George Westinghouse.
The school has an enrollment of 707 students, 99% of whom are African American.
Westinghouse is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Westinghouse High School is a 6-12 school, one of four created in Pittsburgh Public Schools. Girls in one building, Boys in another part of the building with Faison joining Westinghouse High School on a separate floor if the board approves. In the 2011-2012 school year, the school absorbed students from the East Liberty neighborhood due to the closure of nearby Peabody High School.
The City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods which are served by Westinghouse High School are as follows: East Hills, East Liberty, Highland Park, Homewood North, Homewood South, Homewood West, Larimer, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar, Point Breeze North, and Wilkinsburg.
Westinghouse High School opened in 1917. The major changes in the fall of 2011 at Westinghouse faced some community conflict because laws dictate that students can not be forced to attend a single-gender school under a 'feeder pattern. Hence, Pittsburgh Public Schools board decided that students living East of Negley will attend Westinghouse but can opt out in 30 days and attend the default Pittsburgh Milliones, University Preparatory School which faced increased enrollment. Projected enrollment for Westinghouse was to be 750 students. But in the early fall of 2011, 450 students have signed up.
By November 2011, the three principals that started the school year at Westinghouse were gone and the district also made an announcement that the single-gender operations would end in early 2012. The ACLU and others made threats of looming legal challenges and rather than go to court, the district decided that changes were the more prudent pathway for the future of the school.
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