Wilson High School is a public K-12 school in Lauderdale County, Alabama, near Florence.[1] It is a part of Lauderdale County School District.
As of 2019[update] it had 130 employees, with 80 of them in the faculty, and 1,300 students.[2]
History
editIt was established in 1916 and occupied its current site in 1920. It later added a high school program with the first class graduating in 1970.[2]
In 2019, the school administration noticed vaping occurring with students in restrooms for male students, and uninstalled bathroom stall doors to address this. The story was re-posted by news channels outside of Alabama.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Wilson High School". NCES. Retrieved September 10, 2019. - The school is outside the Florence city limits
- ^ a b "About Us". Wilson School. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ Harvey, Levi (September 6, 2019). "North Alabama school removes bathroom stall doors to combat vaping". WAFF. Retrieved September 10, 2019. - Re-post: Harvey, Levi (September 8, 2019). "North Alabama school removes bathroom stall doors to combat vaping". WTAP. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
External links
edit- Wilson School
- Wilson High School (lcschools.org/Wilson/index.htm) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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