Central High School (Galveston, Texas)
Central High School | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 29°17′56″N 94°48′04″W / 29.2990°N 94.8012°W |
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School district | Galveston Independent School District |
Last updated: 29 December 2017 |
Central High School was a senior high school for
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In 1949 it had 700 students. At the time fewer than 5% of the students who graduated attended universities and colleges.[2]
In 1968 the school was consolidated with Ball High School, previously the school for white people.[1]
Campus
In 1949 the cafeteria, located in the school's basement, was so small that the seating for students eating their meals was in the first floor gymnasium. There was no proper playground since the lot designated for it was filled with three frame shacks; students instead used an area alley for recreation. The students used the Colored Branch of the Rosenberg Library for research and study halls as the school did not have a library of its own. The frame shacks, which first received electricity in 1948, held a variety of classes. One shack was used for band classes; one held art, drawing, mechanics, and science classes; and one held the school's health classes. Bill Cherry of
Curriculum
The school offered cooking, home economics, sewing, and woodwork classes.[2]
In 1949 the home economics courses used cooking ranges dating from 1910.[2]