John F. Kennedy High School (Willingboro, New Jersey)
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John F. Kennedy High School is a defunct public high school in Willingboro Township in Burlington County
, New Jersey
, United States that operated until the end of the 1988-89 school year, as part of the Willingboro Township Public Schools
.
Willingboro High School
was opened in 1975 as a response to the overcrowded student population at John F. Kennedy High School, at the time the only high school in Willingboro, located just down the road on Kennedy Way. For a short time, residents were having a difficult time in deciding what to call the new Willingboro high school; some sought to name the new high school "J.F. Kennedy High School - East" while others debated on naming the school, "Robert F. Kennedy
" after the recently-deceased Attorney General and senator from New York and President Kennedy's brother. A vote was taken and it was decided that the only appropriate name would be what the school is called today "Willingboro High School".
The two schools were merged at the start of the 1989-90 school year, with all students attending what is now Willingboro High School and John F. Kennedy High School was closed.
Willingboro Township purchased the site of the defunct high school in late 1998, with plans to turn it into a community center that could include a conference center, theater, indoor tennis courts and other athletic facilities.
Burlington County, New Jersey
There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States that operated until the end of the 1988-89 school year, as part of the Willingboro Township Public Schools
Willingboro Township Public Schools
The Willingboro Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Willingboro Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States....
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Willingboro High School
Willingboro High School
Willingboro High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Willingboro Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Willingboro Township Public Schools....
was opened in 1975 as a response to the overcrowded student population at John F. Kennedy High School, at the time the only high school in Willingboro, located just down the road on Kennedy Way. For a short time, residents were having a difficult time in deciding what to call the new Willingboro high school; some sought to name the new high school "J.F. Kennedy High School - East" while others debated on naming the school, "Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
" after the recently-deceased Attorney General and senator from New York and President Kennedy's brother. A vote was taken and it was decided that the only appropriate name would be what the school is called today "Willingboro High School".
The two schools were merged at the start of the 1989-90 school year, with all students attending what is now Willingboro High School and John F. Kennedy High School was closed.
Willingboro Township purchased the site of the defunct high school in late 1998, with plans to turn it into a community center that could include a conference center, theater, indoor tennis courts and other athletic facilities.