Harrison Technical High School
Carter H. Harrison Technical High School was a high school in South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was a part of Chicago Public Schools.
It opened in 1912.
For a period Harrison had a branch school, Froebel, which served grades 9 through 10 and drew students from Hispanic neighborhoods. Students from Froebel moved onto the main campus for grades 11 and 12.[1]
In the 1960s gangs in the area began to adopt a racial identity, and the Mexican student population at the main campus, while still small relative to the overall population, was increasing; at the time racial tension between black and Mexican students increased.[1] In 1972 most of the students at Forebel were of Mexican origin and 75% of the students were Spanish-speaking. During March 1972 protests from the Mexican-American community demanding better conditions from CPS schools,[2] 45% of the students at Froebel did not attend.[3]
It closed in 1983.
References
- Alvarez, René Luis. "A Community that Would Not Take 'No' for an Answer: Mexican Americans, the Chicago Public Schools, and the Founding of Benito Juarez High School," Journal of Illinois History (2014) 17:1 pp 78-98.
Further reading
- "Harrison High Shut Down." Chicago Reporter. June 29, 1983.
- Winter, O. "Chicago Intelligence Test in Harrison Technical High School." The School Review. Vol. 28, No. 10 (Dec., 1920), pp. 772-775.
- Kosell, Edward (Loyola University Chicago). "A Historical Study of Vocational Education in the Chicago Public and Technical and Vocational High Schools, 1917-1963" (PhD thesis). June 1965.