Near North Career Metropolitan High School (known as Near North Career Magnet High School) was a public 4-year magnet

Magnet school

In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...

 high school

High school

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 located on Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

's Near North Side

Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north and east of the Chicago River, just north of the central business district . To its east is Lake Michigan and its northern boundary is the 19th-century city limit of Chicago,...

. It was part of Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians and officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois...

. Its sports teams were named the Huskies.

History

Near North Career Metropolitan High School was established in mid-1977 , due to plans to demolish the then 78 year-old decaying-aged Cooley Vocational High School

Cooley Vocational High School

Cooley Vocational High School was a public vocational high school in Chicago, Illinois, which served grades 7 through 12. It was part of Chicago Public Schools. It was adjacent to the Cabrini–Green housing development. It was named after Chicago Public Schools Superintendent, Edwin G...

 building (which stood at 1225 N. Sedgwick St). It served area students, most of whom were from Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

's Cabrini-Green

Cabrini-Green

Cabrini–Green was a Chicago Housing Authority public housing development on Chicago's Near North Side. It was bordered by Evergreen Avenue on the north, Orleans Street on the east, Chicago Avenue on the south, and Halsted Street on the west...

 housing development. Near North Career Metropolitan High School opened as magnet school that offered vocational careers

Vocational school

A vocational school , providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills needed to perform a particular job...

 for the Chicago Public Schools (1979-1980) school year.

Closing

In 1995, the Chicago Housing Authority

Chicago Housing Authority

The Chicago Housing Authority is a municipal corporation established by the State of Illinois in 1937 with jurisdiction for the administrative oversight of public housing within the City of Chicago...

 decided to demolish the housing development due to the gangs and violence it produced. Over the years as the housing development became vacant, Near North's inrollment decreased. By the end of the Chicago Public School 2000-2001 school year, Near North Career Metropolitan High School shut down. Today, the Near North Career Metropolitan High School gymnasium and field are used by Jones College Prep High School

Jones College Prep High School

William Jones College Preparatory, commonly known as Jones College Prep, is a four-year selective enrollment prep school located in Chicago, Illinois, USA...

 athletic teams. The Chicago Police Department

Chicago Police Department

The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Chicago. It is the largest police department in the Midwest and the second largest local law enforcement agency in the...

 (CPD) and Chicago Fire Department

Chicago Fire Department

The Chicago Fire Department, also known as the CFD, is the principal fire suppression, prevention, and rescue agency of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Chicago. The Chicago Fire Department is the second largest fire department in the United States after the New York City...

 (CFD) use the building as a training site. In July 2010 , community activist and Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union

The Chicago Teachers Union is a labor union representing teachers in the Chicago public school system. It is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO and the American Federation of Teachers and has over 32,000 members...

 members protested that more school buildings are needed and the Near North Career Metropolitan High School building be re-open for public school purpose. Mayor Daley

Richard M. Daley

Richard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...

's school board refused to re-open the Near North Career Metropolitan High School building for public school purposes.

External Links

• http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=663
• http://www.cpsalumni.org/school/near-north-career-magnet-high-school