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'''Wenonah Elementary School''' was an elementary school in the [[Birmingham City Schools]] system located at 3008 [[Wilson Road Southwest]] near [[Lawson State Community College]] in the [[Wenonah]] neighborhood. The last principal was [[Barbara Young Huntley]]. | '''Wenonah Elementary School''' was an elementary school in the [[Birmingham City Schools]] system located at 3008 [[Wilson Road Southwest]] near [[Lawson State Community College]] in the [[Wenonah]] neighborhood. The last principal was [[Barbara Young Huntley]]. | ||
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After the company-owned [[Wenonah School]] was destroyed by fire in [[1944]], the Tennessee Coal & Iron (TCI) Company donated a 16-acre parcel of land to [[Jefferson County]] to construct a new elementary and high school. Construction began in late 1946. | After the company-owned [[Wenonah School]] was destroyed by fire in [[1944]], the Tennessee Coal & Iron (TCI) Company donated a 16-acre parcel of land to [[Jefferson County]] to construct a new elementary and high school. Construction began in late 1946. | ||
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| Wenonah Elementary School | |
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Birmingham City Schools |
| Years | 1946–2011 |
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| Location | 3008 Wilson Road Southwest, (map) Wenonah |
| Grades | K-5 |
| Principal | Barbara Huntley |
| Enrollment | 316 (2008) |
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| Website | birmingham.schoolinsites.com |
Wenonah Elementary School was an elementary school in the Birmingham City Schools system located at 3008 Wilson Road Southwest near Lawson State Community College in the Wenonah neighborhood. The last principal was Barbara Young Huntley.
After the company-owned Wenonah School was destroyed by fire in 1944, the Tennessee Coal & Iron (TCI) Company donated a 16-acre parcel of land to Jefferson County to construct a new elementary and high school. Construction began in late 1946.
In the fall of 1947, students in grades 8 - 12 from Galilee, Mt Olive and Bryant Chapel Baptist Churches and Riley Elementary School began classes in the downstairs classrooms of the new Wenonah Elementary School while construction was being completed upstairs and on the high school.
In January 1948, the 9th - 12th grade students at the elementary school, and surrounding Jefferson County moved to the new high school. Grades 1 - 8 from more surrounding schools and churches were moved to the newly completed elementary school.
In 1973, Wenonah Elementary School was annexed into the city of Birmingham. Administration of Wenonah was taken over by the Birmingham Board of Education from the Jefferson County School System.
Under a school consolidation plan proposed by acting superintendent Barbara Allen and approved by the Board, Wenonah Elementary closed in the Summer of 2011 with students transferring to Jones Valley and Oxmoor Valley K-8 Schools. [1]
In May 2012, the Wenonah Elementary School property was sold to Lawson State Community College for $500,000.
Principals
- Robert Biddings 1947 -
- Barbara Young Huntley 2003 - 2011