Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Origin Story: The People’s College and Why Schenley High Almost Never Happened
2 These Three Walls: The Comprehensive High School, Edward Stotz, and the Fight to Make Schenley Extraordinary
3 Enter to Learn: 1916–1929
4 Growing Pains : 1930–1949
5 Running Uphill: 1950–1964
6 The Writing on the Walls: 1965–1979
7 If You’re Going to Drop a Bomb: The PHRC, Richard Wallace, and the Teacher Center
8 Renaissance: 1983–1993
9 The School of Choice: 1994–2007
10 Closing Time: Mark Roosevelt, Asbestos, and the “Save Schenley” Movement
11 After Oakland: Reizenstein, University Prep, and Obama Academy
Conclusion
Appendix A Notable Central High Alumni
Appendix B Notable Schenley High Alumni
Appendix C Athletics
Appendix D Theater
Appendix E Pittsburgh Public High Schools Index
Notes