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Gompers School, also known as Eastern High School and Samuel Gompers General Vocational School, is a historic high school located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.It was designed and built during a period from 1904 to 1906 as a public high school and remained as an educational facility until its closing in 1981.
Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School was a public vocational school for grades 9–12 located in East Morrisania, Bronx, New York, named for American Federation of Labor founder Samuel Gompers. The school was founded in 1930 as Samuel Gompers Industrial High School for Boys. [1] It was closed in 2012. [2]
The school board decided to rename an elementary school that had a non-person name. The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that it was likely the first school in the United States to be named after Frank, and the first school in the city with a teenager as its namesake. [2] Gideon, Edward School; Girard, Stephen School; Gompers, Samuel School
The school serves grades 6–12 and has a student body of approximately 950. It was founded in 2005 as Gompers Charter Middle School; the high school was added in 2009 as Gompers Preparatory Academy and the school graduated its first class of seniors in 2012. [2] The academy is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. [3]
During the Long Depression of 1873-1878, the Knights of Labor emerged as a potent force for workers in the United States. [2] Many in the American labor movement, such as Samuel Gompers, sought to implement a 'New Unionism' program which would free unions from political affiliation and limit their goals to the day-to-day concerns of working people.
Gompers School may refer to: Gompers Preparatory Academy in San Diego, California; Gompers School, also known as Eastern High School and Samuel Gompers General Vocational School, in Baltimore, Maryland; Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School in The Bronx, New York; Gompers Woodworking School in Seattle, Washington
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