Litchfield High School (Gadsden, Alabama)

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Litchfield High School was a public high school in Gadsden, Alabama, serving grades nine through twelve. LHS was founded in 1958 as Litchfield Junior High School and was converted into a high school in 1975. The school bears the name of the former president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and inventor of the first tubeless automobile tire, Paul Weeks Litchfield.[http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20060116/Opinion/603219201/GT/ Many schools honor Gadsden’s past]

It closed after the 2005–2006 academic school year after the Gadsden City Board of Education voted to construct a new facility - Gadsden City High School - and consolidate Litchfield, Emma Sansom, and Gadsden High Schools into one school.{{cite news|last=Slaton|first=Luke|title=Gadsden drawing students back with new high school|url=http://www.moultonadvertiser.com/news/article_ff1ec53b-0279-5fa3-980a-f28a98b9e5b2.html?mode=jqm|accessdate=24 February 2014|newspaper=The Moulton Advertiser|date=15 November 2006}}{{cite news|last=Luster|first=Marla|title=Middle schools to be renamed Emma Sansom and Litchfield|url=http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20050511/NEWS/505110334|accessdate=24 February 2014|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=11 May 2005}}{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Mo|title=High school change spurs middle school moves|url=http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20060701/NEWS/607010308|accessdate=24 February 2014|newspaper=The Gadsden Times|date=1 July 2006}}

Cory Middle school was later moved into the Litchfield High School buildings and renamed Litchfield Middle School.