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North Community High School, or simply Minneapolis North, is a public, four-year high school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has existed for over 120 years in several buildings all located on the North Side of Minneapolis. North once had a predominately Jewish student body but by 1982, the school and the neighborhood it is located in had become mostly African-American.〔 Desegregation efforts, such as magnet school programs, have attempted to attract students from throughout Minneapolis and nearby suburbs.〔 In recent years, the school has been known for its highly successful boys' and girls' basketball programs. Both teams have had numerous state tournament appearances and state championship titles. North offers several college preparatory classes and operates, Minneapolis Public Schools' radio station, KBEM-FM.〔 The school has often struggled academically in terms of graduation rate and state standardized tests.〔(Report Card Information North Senor High ) Minnesota Department of Education〕 and suggestions by a Minneapolis City Council member to burn the school down.〔 ==History== There have been four separate buildings in which North has operated. The first housed just three grades when North opened in 1888. Three years later the first class graduated in 1891.〔Alexander. Dave (February 25, 1988) "Younger North High graduates keep alumni group on move" ''Star Tribune''〕 The building grew to be too small for the school and a new building was built, opening in 1896 at a new location. On June 18, 1913 a fire burned down most of the building, forcing a new building to be rebuilt. A new building was built over the destroyed one and was completed in 1914.〔(Historic images of North High School ) Minnesota Historical Society〕 Later additions were added in 1921, 1923 and 1939.〔(North Senior High School: Planning for the Future ) August 1, 1963 History of Minneapolis Public Schools〕 In 1963 it was determined that for the building was "to be retained as a secondary educational facility over a long period of time by the Minneapolis Public School system, it needs extensive rehabilitation and modernization to meet present day health, safety and educational adequacy.".〔 A new building was built on a new site and funded as part of a $18 million bond referendum in 1964, that funded improvements to North and several other Minneapolis public schools. The building was finished and opened in 1973.〔Smetanka, Mary Jane (February 25, 1987) "Green says city may need more schools" 7B ''Star Tribune''〕〔(Building History ) Minneapolis North High Alumni〕 The building is described as "resembling a giant bunker with few windows, double doors that are often locked from outside during the day to keep out unwanted visitors and painted-over graffiti on outside walls."〔Lewin, Rhoda (2001) (The Jewish Community of North Minneapolis ) Arcadia Publishing pg. 121 ISBN 0-7385-0817-9〕 Another description calls it a "series of brick boxes arranged around a courtyard" that "doesn't allow it to connect well with the community". The building used to house adult education classes, a school for teenage mothers and a separate charter school, Dunwoody Academy.〔Releford, Patrice (December 2, 2008), "(school to share Minneapolis public school space )" ''Star Tribune''〕〔Shah Allie (October 11, 2010) "(Angry, sad over North High's decline ) ''Star Tribune''〕 All of these programs have now relocated to other buildings. As the North Side neighborhood has changed, so has Minneapolis North. During the 1920s and 1930s the North Side was the center of Minneapolis' Jewish population.〔Grossman, Max (From Washington Avenue to Plymouth Avenue ) Accessed: February 1, 2008〕 In 1936 almost half of the students were Jewish.〔Lewin, Rhoda (2001) (The Jewish Community of North Minneapolis ) Arcadia Publishing pg. 18 ISBN 0-7385-0817-9〕 The North Side has since transitioned into a diverse working-class neighborhood with the highest rate of housing foreclosures in Minneapolis.〔Horsley, Scott (May 23, 2007) (Foreclosures Hit Hard in Minneapolis Neighborhood ) National Public Radio〕 North used to be a very large school and was overcrowded with over 2800 students attending the school in 1931.〔(Fire Protection Engineering Report March 1 1931 ) History of MPS Facilities〕 Now, residents are able to choose which schools they attend, and as a result only about half of the North Side's students attend local schools such as North.〔Hawkins, Beth (November 16, 2007) (North Minneapolis schools face crisis of confidence ) MinnPost.com〕 The Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education's decision to close several North Side middle and elementary schools led to North's enrollment plummeting from 1,143 students in 2004-05 to 265 students in 2010. On October 11, 2010 Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson recommend to the Board of Education the phasing out of North High Community High School beginning the 2011-12 school year.〔Unknown(October 11, 2010) (Superintendent Johnson to recommend phasing out of North Community High School ), Minneapolis Public Schools〕〔Denko, Paul (June 20, 2007) (The Outsiders ) City Pages〕 However, this decision resulted in backlash from the North Minneapolis community. It was decided that North Community High School would remain open, but change its curriculum standards to focus more on arts and communications. It is now called North Academy of Arts and Communications (NAAC). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Community High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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