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Chicago Vocational High School (also known as Chicago Vocational Career Academy and locally known as CVCA or CVS) is a public four-year vocational high school located in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1941, the school is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district.
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy (formerly known as Charles A. Prosser Vocational High School) is a public four-year vocational high school located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Prosser opened in 1959 and is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district.
Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School - closed in 2010, the school building at 4319 W. Washington Blvd. was built in 1906 as St. Mel Catholic grade school; Richards Vocational High School - located at 5516 S. Maplewood Ave. now houses Rachel Carson Elementary School since 1991. An annex was built in 1997
Simeon was founded in 1949, as Westcott Vocational High School in a building located at 8023 S. Normal Avenue. It operated until the Kroger company donated a vacant warehouse, located at 8235 S. Vincennes Avenue, to the Chicago Public Schools in 1963. The school was renamed Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School in September 1964.
Dunbar Vocational High School (also known as Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, or DVCA) is a public four-year vocational high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Dunbar opened in 1942 [6] and is operated by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district.
George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School (formerly known as Westinghouse Area Vocational High School) is a public four-year college preparatory selective enrollment high school located in the Humboldt Park [3] neighborhood on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. [4]
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As the school accepted students from all parts of Chicago rather than a single neighborhood, it was one of the few schools to provide an integrated education. The school changed its name and admission standards in the 1960s, resulting in a perceived decline in its prestige, and the opening of another nearby vocational school hurt its enrollment.