Cooley Vocational High School
Edwin Gilbert Cooley Vocational High School (also known as Cooley Vocational High School and Upper Grade Center, commonly known as Cooley High) was a public 4–year vocational high school and middle school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
| Cooley Vocational High School | |
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Main entrance, c. 1977. | |
| Address | |
1225 N. Sedgwick Street , 60610 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41.9053°N 87.6381°W |
| Information | |
| School type |
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| Opened | September 1958 |
| Status | Demolished |
| Closed | June 1979 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 536 (1978–1979) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Orange Black |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Comets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Cooley Times |
| Yearbook | Comets' Trails |
Opened primarily to serve Cabrini-Green in 1958, Cooley was housed in a high school building constructed in 1907. It was a part of the Chicago Public Schools district and served grades 7 through 12. Cooley was named in honor of Edwin Gilbert Cooley (1857–1923), who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1900 until 1909. Cooley closed in June 1979.
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