Dupuy Elementary School

The Dupuy Administrative Building at 4500 14th Avenue North was constructed in 1956 as the Anna Dupuy Elementary School. School Superintendent L. Frazier Banks chose Anna Dupuy, a past-president of the Birmingham Board of Education as the namesake for the North Woodlawn Elementary School under construction.

The 12-room school serving 400 students in grades 1-6 was constructed with $176,568 from the 1953 Birmingham bond issue.

New sidewalks and bikeways were built in front of the school from 45th Street to 46th Street in 1979.

In December 1995 Dupuy's principal Samuetta H. Drew was honored by a resolution entered into the Congressional Record by Earl Hilliard, recognizing the school's implementation of the "ABC's of Etiquette Training Program".

The school was repurposed as the Dupuy Alternative School with enrollment in grades K-8 dropping into the 50s. The school's test scores placed it in the "priority" status before it was closed and converted into a satellite administrative office for Birmingham City Schools.

References

• Samuel, Sally (October __, 1956) "Mrs. Dupuy, woman of good works, acknowledges honor." The Birmingham News
• "Blight in Kingston gets attention." (August 31, 1979) The Birmingham News