Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School
vocational public high school in The Bronx, New York, United States
Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School is a vocational public high school in the South Melrose neighborhood of The Bronx, New York. It was originally built in the early 20th century as the "Bronx Continuation School" for students who left the school system. The school eventually became a vocational high school in the 1920s. The school was named after the former New York governor and Democratic nominee for president, Alfred E. Smith in 1965. Its address is 333 E. 151 Street. The school is near the Third Avenue and E. 149th Street station of the 2 and 5 IRT trains. The principal is Evan Schwartz.
This is the school at which Evan Hunter, then Salvatore Lombino, spent 17 days as a teacher in September 1950. The experience gave him the insights for his novel, "The Blackboard Jungle," (1954), written under the Hunter penname, which was adapted into the film, Blackboard Jungle (1955).
As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 377 students and 33.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
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