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Austin High School is located in Decatur, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Decatur City Schools system and enrolls over 1,400 students. Since its establishment in 1962, Austin has been one of two high schools in the Decatur area. It boasts a variety of programs.[2][3][4][5][6]
AHS was erected in order to relieve overcrowding at Decatur High School, located in the southeastern part of town. Decatur underwent a massive growth in population in the 20 or so years after World War II due to the rapid development of manufacturing plants and jobs, along with support businesses, usually entailing, as elsewhere, young families. Originally, as was the custom of the time in Decatur and all of Alabama, Austin was a segregated school, for white youth only. When the city chose to shut down the historic all-black Lakeside School in response to Federal demands that Alabama desegregate its public schools in 1969, AHS received the preponderance of African-American youth from Lakeside.[7] This was because of local residential patterns, enforced by municipal codes and local custom. Then, almost all of the city's black population resided west of the Lousville and Nashville Railroad, which then bisected Decatur's high school districts. Since Austin was located in the western half, it received almost all of the adolescents residing in the traditionally-segregated portions of the city.
In 2018, the school system, in a massive realignment of school districting due to population shifts within the city away from the central parts of Decatur, opened a new AHS campus on Modaus Road several miles outside the Alabama Highway 67 bypass (locally known as the "Beltline"), replacing the original location on Danville Road Southwest. With that construction came the first new high school football stadium in the city in decades, meaning that Austin no longer has to share Ogle Stadium, located next to Decatur High School, with DHS, as had been the case since Austin's beginnings, since the city chose not to build a stadium with the original 1960s construction. The former Austin High campus was redesignated for use by younger pupils and is now named Austin Junior High School; AJHS replaced the closed Brookhaven Middle School, an institution that served a predominantly minority population and had been academically failing for years. At the same time, despite potential identity confusion, Cedar Ridge Middle School, built in the 1990s to address overcrowding then at the former Brookhaven Middle, was renamed by DCS as Austin Middle School. Cedar Ridge/Austin Middle is located close to the present Austin High, outside the Beltline and, along with AJHS, feeds students to the high school.[8] A similar shuffling of facilities occurred on the city's eastern side at the same time, also due to construction of a new high school.
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consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Austin High School is located in Decatur Alabama United States It is part of the Decatur City Schools system and enrolls over 1 400 students Since its establishment in 1962 Austin has been one of two high schools in the Decatur area It boasts a variety of programs 2 3 4 5 6 Austin High SchoolAddress3004 Modaus Road SouthwestDecatur Alabama 35603United StatesCoordinates34 33 50 N 87 02 56 W 34 564 N 87 049 W 34 564 87 049InformationSchool typePublicMottoOnce a black bear always a black bear Established1962 61 years ago 1962 School districtDecatur City SchoolsCEEB code010856PrincipalDeMond GarthTeaching staff70 63 FTE 1 Grades10 12Enrollment1 086 2019 20 1 Student to teacher ratio15 38 1 Color s Burnt orange and black NicknameBlack BearsRivalDecatur High SchoolYearbookBruinWebsiteahs wbr dcs wbr eduAHS was erected in order to relieve overcrowding at Decatur High School located in the southeastern part of town Decatur underwent a massive growth in population in the 20 or so years after World War II due to the rapid development of manufacturing plants and jobs along with support businesses usually entailing as elsewhere young families Originally as was the custom of the time in Decatur and all of Alabama Austin was a segregated school for white youth only When the city chose to shut down the historic all black Lakeside School in response to Federal demands that Alabama desegregate its public schools in 1969 AHS received the preponderance of African American youth from Lakeside 7 This was because of local residential patterns enforced by municipal codes and local custom Then almost all of the city s black population resided west of the Lousville and Nashville Railroad which then bisected Decatur s high school districts Since Austin was located in the western half it received almost all of the adolescents residing in the traditionally segregated portions of the city In 2018 the school system in a massive realignment of school districting due to population shifts within the city away from the central parts of Decatur opened a new AHS campus on Modaus Road several miles outside the Alabama Highway 67 bypass locally known as the Beltline replacing the original location on Danville Road Southwest With that construction came the first new high school football stadium in the city in decades meaning that Austin no longer has to share Ogle Stadium located next to Decatur High School with DHS as had been the case since Austin s beginnings since the city chose not to build a stadium with the original 1960s construction The former Austin High campus was redesignated for use by younger pupils and is now named Austin Junior High School AJHS replaced the closed Brookhaven Middle School an institution that served a predominantly minority population and had been academically failing for years At the same time despite potential identity confusion Cedar Ridge Middle School built in the 1990s to address overcrowding then at the former Brookhaven Middle was renamed by DCS as Austin Middle School Cedar Ridge Austin Middle is located close to the present Austin High outside the Beltline and along with AJHS feeds students to the high school 8 A similar shuffling of facilities occurred on the city s eastern side at the same time also due to construction of a new high school Notable alumni editThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations October 2017 Robin Henderson Associate Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Josh Pearson former Jacksonville State player Super Bowl champion LV Andy Price comic book artist Ty Herndon country music artist Juwan Simpson former Canadian Football League player Deonte Brown NFL player for the Carolina Panthers and 2020 All SEC football player for Alabama References edit a b c Austin High School National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved May 20 2021 Austin High School Decatur dcs edu Archived from the original on 9 September 2013 Retrieved 7 March 2014 Austin High School greatschools org Retrieved 7 March 2014 Austin High School trulia com Retrieved 7 March 2014 Austin High School publicschoolreview com Retrieved 7 March 2014 Austin High School schooldigger com Retrieved 7 March 2014 How are race relations in Decatur DMDA 21 November 2016 https www dcs eduExternal links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Austin High School Alabama amp oldid 1170829658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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