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1922 – present
Founded: Opened September 11, 1922, on South Calhoun Street, at a cost of about one million dollars. It was billed at opening as the largest one-story school building in the United States, covering three acres with a capacity of 1,500.
Course: South Side opened with 892 students and 38–39 faculty, on half-day sessions until October 30, 1922, and shared its building with grade-school pupils until Harrison Hill Elementary opened in the fall of 1925. A second story was added in 1938. Its principals were Robert C. Harris (1922–26), R. Nelson Snider (1926–63 — thirty-seven years; Snider High School is his namesake), Jack E. Weicker (1963–90) and Jennifer Manth (1990–2001). The Archers wear green and white. Superintendent Wendy Robinson was a South Side graduate, class of 1969.
Fate: Operating — Fort Wayne's second public high school and, since Central's closing, its oldest.
Sources:
- South Side High School (Wikipedia; Archers Alumni Association) — opening, cost, principals.
- South Side Totem yearbook — the opening year and Supt. Ward.