Type Public Closed 2008 Color(s) Orange and Navy Blue Phone +1 205-231-8440 Founded 1960 | Established 1960 Principal Anthony Gardner Nickname Pacesetters | |
Address 2015 Park Pl, Birmingham, AL 35203, USA Similar Ramsay High School, Hayes Kâ8 School, The Altamont School, Shades Cahaba Elementa, Woodlawn High School | ||
Carol W. Hayes High School was a public 9â12 high school in Birmingham, Alabama. It was closed after the 2007â08 school year.
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History
The school was established in September 1960 in Avondale, in the eastern section of Birmingham. It is named for Dr. Carol William Hayes, the city's former "Director of Negro Schools".
The school added a twelfth grade in 1961, and the first seniors graduated in May 1962. Hayes remained an all-black high school until it was desegregated in 1970.
Carol W. Hayes High School graduated senior classes from 1962 to 1989, when it was converted into a middle school. In 2003 it reverted to a high school, and graduated its first class in sixteen years in 2005. Declining enrollment in the school system, however, led the board to close Hayes.
Demolition of the school building was completed in March 2009.