Near North Career Metropolitan High School
| Near North Career Metropolitan High School | |
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Logo, c. 1983
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1450 N. Larrabee Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′31″N 87°38′38″W / 41.9085°N 87.6439°WCoordinates: 41°54′31″N 87°38′38″W / 41.9085°N 87.6439°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary Magnet |
| Motto | "Education is a Treasure." |
| Established | 1977 |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 141053 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 132 (2000–2001; the last class of Seniors) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Maroon Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Huskies |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Yearbook | The Near North Metro |
| Website | illinoishsglorydays |
Near North Career Metropolitan High School (also known as Near North Career Magnet High School) was a public 4–year magnet high school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1979, Near North was operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Near North served as a new and replacement school for the area when Cooley Vocational High School was closed at the end of the 1978–79 school year due to inadequate conditions within the building. In addition to being a magnet school, Near North offered vocational courses through the Education To Careers (ETC) program. The school closed in June 2001 due to the decline in its enrollment and the city's plans for the surrounding neighborhood.
In November 1974, The Chicago Board of Education decided to phase out Cooley High due to its poor academic performance and the aged building. In March of the following year, The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the board decided a newer and modern school needed to be constructed on the near–north side to replace Cooley. When it became time to decide a location for the school, CPS decided to build the new school on the land where Cooley stood. City council and white community members argued that Cooley's location would only serve the residents of Cabrini–Green, a predominately African–American housing project located within walking distance (as Cooley did over time) and that students from other neighborhoods would be afraid to travel through the housing project.
After years of debating about the location of the new school, The board voted on what they considered a neutral location for the school in August 1977. The location was a vacant landfill north-west of Cooley, bordered by North Avenue to the north, Clybourn Avenue to the south, Larrabee Street to the east. Chicago Mayor Micheal Blaindic and schools superintendent Joseph P. Hannon led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $8–million school building on November 23, 1977. In April 1978, construction began on the school and was completed in three phases by June of the following year. In September 1979, the school opened as Near North Career Magnet High School with an student body enrollment of over 800. The school had a magnet program and offered IB courses. The school began offering classes in eight vocational courses through the Education To Careers (ETC) program in January 1980. By April 1980, The school's demographic was diverse; 70% African-American, 10% Hispanic, 15% White and 5% Other.The school was re–named to Near North Career Metropolitan High School in 1988.
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