Banks High School

Banks Middle School is a 400-student middle school in the Birmingham Public School System that feeds into Woodlawn High School. Banks, which is a former high school itself, occupies six buildings in a residential area on on 86th Street South in the South East Lake neighborhood. A landmark jet airplane poised in front serves as the school's mascot. The Jets' colors are red and blue. The 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)
• Robert McCammon, writer
• Boyce Smith, founder of Southeastern Youth Camp
• Greg Shaw, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge
• David Lee Smith, actor
• Bill Carden, engineer
• Johnny Musso, football player
• Bobby Kerley, Alabama Power executive
• Bobbie Knight, Alabama Power executive
• Mike Shaw, pastor of 1st Baptist, Pelham

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