Decatur High School (Georgia)
high school in Georgia, United States
Decatur High School (DHS) is a high school in Decatur, Georgia, United States. It is City Schools of Decatur's sole high school and was established in 1912.
History
The school was established in 1912 as a co-ed school until it was divided into the single-sex Decatur Boys High school and Decatur Girls High school in 1932. The two schools stood side-by-side with a fence in between, the Girls in the south building and the boy's in the north building. The south building had originally been built in 1909 to house the "Central Grammar School". In 1930, the school installed lights to the school stadium, which according to the school district at the time, made it the first lit sports field in metro Atlanta. The school became co-ed in 1953. The current building was built in 1965 on the site of the former girls' high school. In 1965, the first 27 African American students integrated the school. After the closing of the nearby Trinity High School, its primarily African American student base was merged into Decatur High in 1967.
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