Langley High School (Pittsburgh)

Langley High School
Location
2940 Sheraden Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15204 Coordinates: 40°27′15″N 80°03′17″W / 40.45417°N 80.05472°W / 40.45417; -80.05472
United States
Information
Type Public
School district Pittsburgh Public Schools
Principal Ms. Lou Ann Zwierynski
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 444 as of August, 2010[1]
Color(s) Maroon
Representative Floyd McCrea
Website
NRHP Reference # 86002674
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 30, 1986
Designated CPHS November 30, 1999[2]
Designated PHLF 2001[3]

Langley High School was a public school in the Sheraden neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Langley was one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. On November 23, 2011 the Pittsburgh Board of Education approved a reform plan that would close Langley High School as an active school for the 2012-13 school year. The staff and student body would be relocated to the nearby Brashear High School, the district revealed plans for the Langley building to remain open as a middle school grades 6-8.

The high school ranked 114th of 123 high school in western Pennsylvania for academic achievement based on three years of PSSA results on: math, reading, writing and one year of science, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in May 2009.[4]

The building is an example of Tudor Revival architecture with the portions completed in 1923 and 1927 designed by MacClure & Spahr and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The high school is named for aviation pioneer and one-time University of Pittsburgh professor Samuel P. Langley.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Langley High School Fact Sheet". PPS Web Site. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  2. ↑ "Local Historic Designations". Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  3. ↑ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  4. ↑ Guide to Western Pennsylvania Schools - 11th grade Rankings, Pittsburgh Business Times, May 15, 2009
  5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Langley High School" (PDF). April 1986. Retrieved 2010-06-08.

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