Sheepshead Bay High School

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Sheepshead Bay High School
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Sheepshead Bay High School
3000 Avenue X

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United States
Coordinates 40°35′39″N73°56′13″W / 40.594071°N 73.936885°W / 40.594071; -73.936885
Information
Type Public
Opened1959
StatusClosed
Closed2016
School district22
SuperintendentAimee Horowitz
PrincipalJohn P. O'Mahoney
Enrollment1,921
Color(s)Blue   Orange   white  
MascotShark
Nickname Sharks
Website

Sheepshead Bay High School is a defunct public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Closed in 2016, the building currently operates as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, housing several smaller high schools. [1]

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History

Sheepshead Bay High School was a large, multi-cultural high school in Brooklyn, New York City that closed in 2016. [2] SBHS opened in 1959, welcoming ninth to twelfth grade students. The first graduating class was 1961.[ citation needed ] When the school opened there were no juniors or seniors and the sophomores were the senior class for three years.

Closure

On March 12, 2013, the New York City Department of Education's Panel For Educational Policy voted to approve plans to phase out Sheepshead Bay High School and introduce four new schools. [3]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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