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==Banks High School alumni== | ==Banks High School alumni== | ||
* [[David Cutcliffe]] (1972), football coach (Coached Banks HS in 1980-81 with 17-4-1 record) | * [[David Cutcliffe]] (1972), football coach (Coached Banks HS in 1980-81 with 17-4-1 record) | ||
* [[Bill Carden]], engineer | |||
* [[Jeff Herrod]] (1983), NFL linebacker | |||
* [[Bobby Kerley]], Alabama Power executive | |||
* [[Bobbie Knight]], Alabama Power executive | |||
* [[Robert McCammon]], writer | * [[Robert McCammon]], writer | ||
* [[Johnny Musso]], College Football Hall of Fame player | |||
* [[Jeff Rutledge]], (1974), NFL quarterback | |||
* [[Boyce Smith]], founder of [[Southeastern Youth Camp]] | * [[Boyce Smith]], founder of [[Southeastern Youth Camp]] | ||
* [[Greg Shaw]], Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge | * [[Greg Shaw]], Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge | ||
* [[Mike Shaw]], pastor of 1st Baptist, Pelham | |||
* [[David Lee Smith]], actor | * [[David Lee Smith]], actor | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== |
Revision as of 16:40, 17 April 2006
Banks Middle School (originally L. Frasier Banks High School) is a 400-student middle school in the Birmingham Public School System that feeds into Woodlawn High School. Banks occupies six buildings in a residential area on on 86th Street South in the South East Lake neighborhood.
The high school's first graduating class matriculated in 1961. In the early part of that decade, an F-86D "Sabre" [1] painted in the school colors of Columbia Blue and Scarlet was installed as a mascot and landmark in front of the school. The current principal is Jesse Daniel Jr.
In December 2000 a fire caused by arson caused extensive damage to the auditorium, destroying approximately $30,000 worth of band instruments which, because of ever-tightening public school budgets, have been only partially replaced. In February 2006, the South East Lake Neighborhood Association voted to appropriate $5,000 of their neighborhood funds to go toward new band instruments.
Banks High School alumni
- David Cutcliffe (1972), football coach (Coached Banks HS in 1980-81 with 17-4-1 record)
- Bill Carden, engineer
- Jeff Herrod (1983), NFL linebacker
- Bobby Kerley, Alabama Power executive
- Bobbie Knight, Alabama Power executive
- Robert McCammon, writer
- Johnny Musso, College Football Hall of Fame player
- Jeff Rutledge, (1974), NFL quarterback
- Boyce Smith, founder of Southeastern Youth Camp
- Greg Shaw, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge
- Mike Shaw, pastor of 1st Baptist, Pelham
- David Lee Smith, actor
Reference
- Jordan, Phillip. (March 23, 2006) "Hitting the right note: Can neighborhood associations help fill the funding gap for city schools?" Birmingham Weekly.
External link
- Banks Middle School profile at www.bhm.k12.al.us