Vailsburg High School

Vailsburg High School was a public high school in Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey, United States. It was established in 1961 and was part of the Newark Public Schools district. It closed as a high school in 1988; the district has since re-purposed the building as a middle school and elementary school.[1]

Vailsburg High School
Address
107 Ivy Street

Newark
,
New Jersey

United States
Coordinates40.7377°N 74.2380°W / 40.7377; -74.2380
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1961 (1961)
Closed1988 (1988)
School districtNewark Public Schools

The school's student body was 56 percent black in 1975 and 84 percent black by 1979, during the continued white flight in the city through the 1970s.[2]

Athletics

The girls' soccer team won the Group II state championship in 1978 and won the Group III title in both 1981 and 1984.[3]

The boys' basketball team won the Group II state championship ( defeating Ocean City High School in the tournament final) in 1972.

The boys' soccer team won the Group III state championship (defeating River Dell Regional High School in the tournament final) and was Group II co-champion in 1981 (with Moorestown High School).[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Vailsburg High School". Newark Public Schools Historical Preservation Committee. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  2. O'dea, Colleen (September 4, 2019). "Newark Before the Comeback: A City Marked by White Flight, Poor Policy". NJ Spotlight. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  3. "Summary of Group Titles Girls Soccer" (PDF). New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  4. "History of NJSIAA Boys Soccer" (PDF). New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  5. Nussbaum, Debra (September 14, 2003). "IN PERSON; His Inner Child Comes Out to Play". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  6. Olivier, Bobby (March 27, 2016). "20 years after 'The Score,' Wyclef Jean is just getting started". NJ.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  7. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual. 1984. p. 254. Retrieved February 10, 2020. Stephen A. Mikulak, Rep, Woodbridge - Assemblyman Mikulak was born in East Orange Oct. 15, 1948. He was graduated from Vailsburg High School in Newark in 1966.
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