Oak Grove High School (Bessemer, Alabama)
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Oak Grove High School is located in rural Jefferson County, Alabama
, roughly 16 miles (25.7 km) west of Hueytown
. The school is operated by Jefferson County Board of Education
. The current high school (grades 6-12) was completed in 2000. It replaced the former Oak Grove School which served all grades K-12 prior to 1998. Its location was on Lock 17 Road and today that site is Oak Grove Memorial Park. The current principal is Alan Pruden. Its vice principal is Rosemary Johnson.
which was more than twenty miles away. When the school was rebuilt, the County School Board made the decision to construct a separate campus for the elementary school grades. That school is located across the road from the new High School. They have also won 10 straight water polo state championships.
Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, with its county seat being located in Birmingham.As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Jefferson County was 658,466...
, roughly 16 miles (25.7 km) west of Hueytown
Hueytown, Alabama
Hueytown is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 16,105.It was the home of the legendary NASCAR Alabama Gang...
. The school is operated by Jefferson County Board of Education
Jefferson County Board of Education (Alabama)
The Jefferson County School System is the second-largest public school system in the U.S. State of Alabama and serves most of Jefferson County, Alabama...
. The current high school (grades 6-12) was completed in 2000. It replaced the former Oak Grove School which served all grades K-12 prior to 1998. Its location was on Lock 17 Road and today that site is Oak Grove Memorial Park. The current principal is Alan Pruden. Its vice principal is Rosemary Johnson.
Jefferson County Tornado
The F5 tornado that struck Jefferson County just before eight o'clock in the evening on April 8, 1998, devastated the original Oak Grove High School on Lock 17 Road. The school was damaged beyond repair with the elementary school portion destroyed. No one inside the school was killed, but a group of cheerleaders practicing at the school's gymnasium escaped disaster with only minor injuries when a wall kept a section of the roof from falling on them. During the two years it took to construct the new school, the high school students were relocated more than sixteen miles away to the campus of Bell School in Hueytown. The elementary and middle school grades were relocated to the old McAdory Elementary School in McCallaMcCalla, Alabama
McCalla is an unincorporated community in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama, United States, southwest of Bessemer and the geographic terminus of the Appalachian Mountains.- Recreation :...
which was more than twenty miles away. When the school was rebuilt, the County School Board made the decision to construct a separate campus for the elementary school grades. That school is located across the road from the new High School. They have also won 10 straight water polo state championships.