Libbey High School

Edward Drummond Libbey High School was a

Libbey High School had been rumored to be potentially closing since the 1980s, but was recommended to stay open by the school district each time the issue was brought up. In 1991, TPS decided to close two high schools that were to be chosen from a list of Libbey, DeVilbiss and Macomber-Whitney high schools.^[6] Libbey was spared while DeVilbiss and Macomber-Whitney were shuttered.

In April 2009, Libbey High School's Student Council President had strong words for administrators and school board members with regard to saving their school. The proposal to eventually send some Libbey neighborhood students to Scott, Bowsher, and Waite high schools is "segregation of different populations and is racist", they claimed. Libbey always had been the "unwanted stepchild" of Toledo Public Schools and 'their positive news is always overshadowed by the negative", students added. Libbey was left open for the 2009–10 school year, but the issue of closing the school was brought up again in March 2010. After a failed levy early in May, Toledo Public Schools ultimately voted 3–2 in favor of closing school at the end of the 2009–10 school year. The final class of 2010 graduated on June 3 in the fieldhouse. All remaining Libbey students were divided geographically, between Scott, Bowsher, Waite and especially Rossford and Central Catholic High Schools.

On July 15, 2011, Libbey High School was vetted by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Board for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.^[7]

The demolition of the building began in January 2012.^[8]

Organizations and clubs

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys Golf - 1935, 1939^[9]
• Boys
  Track and Field – 1972^[9]
• Girls Basketball - 1981^[9]

Toledo City League Championships

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2011)

• Baseball:
• Boys Basketball: 1930–31, 1939-40*, 1940–41, 1954–55, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08
• Boys Cross Country: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967
• Girls Cross Country:
• Football: 1928*, 1929*, 1930*, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1944*, 1946, 1947*, 1949*, 1951*, 1952*
• Golf:
• Boys Track & Field:
• Girls Track & Field:
• Volleyball:

(years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title)

Notable alumni

• Ramona Brooks (1969): singer and Broadway actress ^[10]
• William Buford (2008): basketball player for Ohio State University.
• D. Michael Collins, Mayor of Toledo
• Joe Cooke, basketball player for Indiana University and the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dennis Russell Davies (1962) General Music Director of the Baden-Württemberg State Opera House from 1980 to 1987. Chief conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and the Linz Opera from 2002 to 2017.Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic 2018–2022.
• New York Giants
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• Linda Jefferson (1972): female professional American football player in the 1970s
• Washington Redskins of the NFL and for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL. Played college ball for the University of Michigan, where he scored the winning touchdown in the 1950 Snow Bowl
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• NCAA
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• Ike Stubblefield: American musician
• NFL St. Louis Cardinals and University of Nebraska and football coach for University of Nebraska, St. Louis Cardinals, and University of Missouri
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• Chet Trail (1962), baseball player and clergyman^[11]

Notes and references

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libbey High School.

• Libbey High School Alumni, Inc.
• District Website
• Libbey High to be closed to save money, board rules in 3-2 vote, Toledo Blade 26 May, 2010
• Three sites to get Libbey students, Toledo Blade 27 May, 2010
• Libbey exterior pictures