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The school is named for the residential subdivision of [[Norwood]] that was developed in [[1912]] by the [[Birmingham Realty Company]]. The school building was constructed between [[1923]] and [[1925]] to designs by the noted Birmingham firm of [[Warren Knight & Davis]]. An addition was completed in [[1928]].
The school is named for the residential subdivision of [[Norwood]] that was developed in [[1912]] by the [[Birmingham Realty Company]]. The school building was constructed between [[1923]] and [[1925]] to designs by the noted Birmingham firm of [[Warren Knight & Davis]]. An addition was completed in [[1928]].


Under the most recent school consolidation plan proposed by acting superintendent [[Barbara Allen]] and approved by the Board, Norwood Elementary would be expanded into a K-8 school during the summer of [[2009]], with some students from [[Kirby Middle School]] transferring to Norwood.
Under a consolidation plan proposed by acting superintendent [[Barbara Allen]] and approved by the Board in [[2008]], Norwood Elementary would have been expanded into a K-8 school. Instead the school was closed in [[2013]] with students moving to [[Lewis Elementary School]].


==Principals==
==Principals==

Revision as of 14:20, 8 May 2013

Norwood Elementary School
Norwood School.jpg
BCS small logo.png Birmingham City Schools
Years 1925present
Location 3136 Norwood Boulevard, (map)
Norwood
Grades 1-5
Principal Errol Watts
Enrollment 292 (2008)
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Website birmingham.schoolinsites.com

Norwood Elementary School is an elementary school in the Birmingham City Schools system located at 3136 Norwood Boulevard. The principal is Errol Watts.

The school is named for the residential subdivision of Norwood that was developed in 1912 by the Birmingham Realty Company. The school building was constructed between 1923 and 1925 to designs by the noted Birmingham firm of Warren Knight & Davis. An addition was completed in 1928.

Under a consolidation plan proposed by acting superintendent Barbara Allen and approved by the Board in 2008, Norwood Elementary would have been expanded into a K-8 school. Instead the school was closed in 2013 with students moving to Lewis Elementary School.

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