Etowah High School (Tennessee)
{{Short description|Defunct school in Tennessee, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox school
| city = Etowah
| county = McMinn County
| state = Tennessee
| country = United States
| schooltype = High school
| established = {{start date|1925}}
| closed = {{end date|1966}}
| district = McMinn County Schools
| us_nces_district_id = 4702820
| enrollment = 448
| enrollment_as_of = 1958
}}
Etowah High School was a public high school in Etowah, Tennessee. It was a part of McMinn County Schools.
History
It was built in 1925 and had two stories.{{cite news|title=Students Protest Condition Of Etowah School|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Kingsport Times|place=Kingsport, Tennessee|date=February 25, 1958|page=3}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106633300/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com.
Circa 1951, when Kenneth Barker began his term as a principal, there were 320 students.
There were 416 students enrolled during the 1955–1956 school year.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypostathenian.com/opinion/article_337e9864-f0be-5ade-9342-05918c4e497a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730230430/https://www.dailypostathenian.com/opinion/article_337e9864-f0be-5ade-9342-05918c4e497a.html |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |title=Yesterday in Etowah: Many memories of Etowah High School|newspaper=Daily Post Athenian|date=May 15, 2013|accessdate=July 30, 2022}} - Opinion section.
By 1958, enrollment was up to 448. That year, several students walked out of the building in protest of what they described as the "deplorable" and "crowded" conditions of the building. This walkout lasted for at least four days.{{cite news|title=Student Strike Enters 4th Day|newspaper=Chattanooga Daily Times|place=Chattanooga, Tennessee|date=February 27, 1958|page=9}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93674355/for-etowah-high-school/ Clipping from] Newspapers.com.
The school consolidated into McMinn Central High School in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypostathenian.com/community/article_bada09a8-4ac6-11e7-8086-10604b9f1f4a.html|title=First Central High class came together from Englewood, Etowah, and Cook high schools |newspaper=Daily Post-Athenian|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=January 28, 2022}} The McMinn County School District set up an auction for the Etowah High land, with the Etowah city government being one of the bidders.{{cite news|title=Etowah Bids on Old School|newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|place=Knoxville, Tennessee|date=July 31, 1966|page=C-3}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106636065/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com.
See also
References
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Category:Education in McMinn County, Tennessee
Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1966
Category:1966 disestablishments in Tennessee
Category:Public high schools in Tennessee
Category:Defunct schools in Tennessee
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Category:School buildings completed in 1925