Central High School (Knoxville, Tennessee)
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Central High School is a public high school
located at 5321 Jacksboro Pike in the Fountain City
neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee
, operated by the Knox County school system
. The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and its colors are red
and black
.
in the heart of Fountain City, which, in the 1960s, was the largest unincorporated community in Tennessee. Its name is something of a misnomer, because it was never located near the center of Knoxville, even when Fountain City was annexed into Knoxville in the early 1960s. The northernmost high school in Knoxville before the annexation of Fountain City was Fulton, and in the county, Powell, Karns
, and Halls
high schools were farther north.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located at 5321 Jacksboro Pike in the Fountain City
Fountain City, Tennessee
Fountain City is a neighborhood in northern Knoxville, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Although not a census-designated place , the populations of the two zip codes that serve Fountain City— 37918 and 37912— were 36,815 and 18,695, respectively, as of the 2000 U.S. census...
neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, operated by the Knox County school system
Knox County Schools
Knox County Schools is the school district that operates all public schools in Knox County, Tennessee.- History :Before the 1987-1988 school year, the city of Knoxville and Knox County operated separate school districts...
. The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and its colors are red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
and black
Black
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
.
History
Central was formerly located at what is now Gresham Middle SchoolGresham Middle School (Tennessee)
Gresham Middle School is a grades 6-8 middle school in the Fountain City neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by Knox County Schools. Its enrollment is approximately 1,000 students from ages 10-14...
in the heart of Fountain City, which, in the 1960s, was the largest unincorporated community in Tennessee. Its name is something of a misnomer, because it was never located near the center of Knoxville, even when Fountain City was annexed into Knoxville in the early 1960s. The northernmost high school in Knoxville before the annexation of Fountain City was Fulton, and in the county, Powell, Karns
Karns High School
Karns High School is a public high school in the Karns community of Knox County, Tennessee administered by the Knox County Schools public school district....
, and Halls
Halls High School
Halls High School is a high school in the Halls Crossroads suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by Knox County Schools. Founded in 1916, the school was one of the first in the area...
high schools were farther north.
2008 shooting
On August 21, 2008, 15-year-old student Jamar Siler entered the school cafeteria and approached student Ryan McDonald sitting at a lunch table. Siler fatally shot McDonald, and was shortly after arrested by authorities. The two had been in previous altercations, the details of which were not released to the general public. Siler was then taken into custody. Court proceedings are to follow October 9th in the decision whether to try Siler as an adult. If he is tried as an adult, he will face a minimum of 51 years in prison. If he is tried as a juvenile, he will be released when he is nineteen years old.Notable alumni
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External links
- Official website
- Central High School Choir Department website
- Central High School Bobcat Band website
- Archived coverage of the shooting on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at Central High School, Knoxville News SentinelKnoxville News SentinelThe Knoxville News Sentinel is a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. It operates , an award-winning news website....