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1938 – present
Founded: Washington High School was established in 1938 on the city's west side, its program opened in the old Washington School building at 1534 West Sample Street, at Humphrey's Court. It is named, as its name carries, for George Washington.
The move of 1960: The money for a purpose-built high school was allocated in 1956 — about $4,000,000, to designs by Maurer and Maurer — and ground was broken on 22 October 1958. On 1 February 1960 Washington moved to its present building at 4747 West Washington Avenue. The old Sample Street building did not leave the education record: renamed the Lulu Cline School in 1960, it became, in the late 1960s, the first South Bend campus of Ivy Tech, the state's community college, before it was demolished about 2001.
Present state: A major renovation of the Washington Avenue building began in 2002. The school stands open, the west side's high school, with a medical and allied-health magnet among its programs; its enrollment in recent years has stood at about 795.
Sources:
- The school's standard reference record — the establishment of 1938 at 1534 West Sample Street, the financing of 1956, the groundbreaking of 22 October 1958, the move of 1 February 1960, and the renovation begun in 2002.
- The local landmarks and institutional record — the Lulu Cline renaming of 1960, the building's service as Ivy Tech's first South Bend campus in the late 1960s, and its demolition about 2001.
- National Center for Education Statistics data as carried in current school directories — enrollment of about 795 in recent years, and the medical/allied-health magnet.