Paul Harding High School
| Paul Harding High School | |
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| Address | |
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6501 Wayne Trace Fort Wayne, Indiana, (Allen County) 46816-1698  United States
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| Coordinates | 41°01′39″N 85°04′33″W / 41.02751°N 85.07587°WCoordinates: 41°01′39″N 85°04′33″W / 41.02751°N 85.07587°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Motto | "WE CARE ABOUT KIDS." |
| Established | 1973 |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | 2011 |
| School district | East Allen County Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Karyle M Green |
| Administrator | Keith Edmonds |
| Principal | Kent Hoffman |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 563 (2007-2008) |
| • Grade 9 | 121 |
| • Grade 10 | 148 |
| • Grade 11 | 138 |
| • Grade 12 | 156 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
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| Song | Notre Dame Victory March |
| Athletics conference | Summit Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Hawks |
| Rival | Bishop Luers High School |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 819 |
| Average ACT scores | 19.8 |
| Athletic Director | Keith Edmonds |
| Website | http://www.eacs.k12.in.us/phh/ |
Paul Harding High School was a public high school located on the southeast side of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harding was part of the East Allen County Schools system located in Allen County, Indiana.
On September 21, 2010, Superintendent Karyle Green presented a redesign plan at the meeting of the EACS school board. The plan was presented as a way for the school district to reduce expenses, respond to reduced student enrollment, and revise the academic opportunities provided to the students. As part of that plan, it was announced that Harding High School and seven elementary schools in the district would be closed at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Non-graduating Harding students would be distributed among the four remaining district high schools for the fall of 2011. At the same time, the plan stated that Harding would be reopened as a magnet school, the Paul Harding College and Career Academy, serving the 7th and 8th grade students that currently attend the district's Prince Chapman Academy. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, an additional grade would be added yearly so that the student body will ultimately include grades 7-12.
On October 5, 2010, the school board approved the plan by a 6-1 vote, and June 10, 2011 saw Paul Harding High School close its doors as a district high school.
In recent years, Harding struggled with test scores, graduation rates and other marks of academic achievement. At the time of its closing, the school was in its fifth year on state academic probation. Had the school not closed, it could have faced state intervention, including a possible takeover, if assessment scores did not improve.
In 1965, Ball State University conducted a study for the newly formed East Allen County School Corporation. The study was made to determine the present and future school building needs of the corporation.
The study team advised the school corporation that a new high school should be constructed in the southeast portion of property owned by the school corporation. On March 31, 1969, the board of school trustees commissioned the architectural firm of Schenkel & Shultz to begin plans for the construction of this high school.
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