School Pride
| School Pride | |
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| Genre | Reality Documentary |
| Created by | Cheryl Hines |
| Starring |
Susie Castillo Jacob Soboroff Tom Stroup Kym Whitley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Cheryl Hines Denise Cramsey |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Horizon Alternative Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 15 – November 26, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
School Pride is an American reality television series which aired on NBC, from executive producers Cheryl Hines and Denise Cramsey. The 7-episode series, which followed the renovation of a different public school each week, aired from October 15, 2010, to November 26, 2010. The premiere episode earned 2.90 million viewers.
Each week, cameras follow teachers, students and community members as they perform renovations on an ailing school, which will occur over a seven-day period (ten days for the first episode). A group of community organizers and personalities serve to motivate the volunteers and lead the community through the makeover process. Cameras will revisit the school a few months after the renovation to see how the community has been affected by the changes.
The series was based on the successful rehabilitation of Carver Elementary in Compton, California several years ago, in which a community came together to restore the dilapidated school. Executive producer Cheryl Hines volunteered during the renovation. Afterward, there were positive and lasting effects on the community, with an increase in property value and test scores. Hines felt this would be a good subject for a reality show. She teamed up with Denise Cramsey, a former executive producer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and pitched the idea to NBC.
In January 2010, NBC announced a two-hour special was in the works for Fall 2010. Enterprise Middle School in Compton, California was renovated over 10 days during the school's spring break. The special served as a backdoor pilot, and NBC green-lighted a series in mid-May. The additional episodes were filmed during renovations of the schools over July and August, 2010.
Each school received approximately $2 million in upgrades and repairs.
On November 23, 2010, Denise Cramsey died of a brain aneurysm at age 41. The episode that aired on November 26, 2010 (featuring Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies) was dedicated to her memory and was "expected to be the series finale".
Enterprise Middle School in Compton, California
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