Chattanooga Central High School

Chattanooga Central High School is a public high school in Harrison, Tennessee, operated by the Hamilton County Board of Education.

Chattanooga Central High School
Location
5728 Highway 58
Harrison, Tennessee 37341

United States
Coordinates35°06′34″N 85°08′07″W
Information
TypePublic high school
OpenedSeptember 1907 (1907-09)
School districtHamilton County Schools
PrincipalPhil Iannarone [1]
Teaching staff52 (FTE)[2]
Enrollment875 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio17.77[2]
Color(s)   Purple and gold
Team namePurple Pounders
Websitechs.hcde.org

Central High School opened in September 1907 on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga.[3] It was one of Chattanooga's first public high schools. Its students came from all over the Hamilton County area and the school was highly acclaimed. In 1969, the high school was relocated to Highway 58 in Harrison.[4]

Former site of Chattanooga Central High School

The school athletics teams originally went by the name Purple Warriors as the school colors are purple and gold. During an exceptionally good year in the 1930s a local sportswriter began to opine that they often "pounded" their opponents; the name stuck. The "Purple Pounders" is the current name, often illustrated with a hammer and anvil.[5][6]

From the summer of 2008 until April 2018, Finley King was the school's principal. He was the second former student to serve as principal. Phil Iannarone is the current principal.[1]

In early September 2019, an unidentified school administrator ordered washroom mirrors painted over because students were spending too much time checking their appearance. The decision was reversed after a Facebook post about it went viral.[7]

Notable Alumni

References
  1. "2022-2023 Student Handbook - Chattanooga Central High School" (PDF). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. Central High School
  3. "About Central High School". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  4. Central High School Profile, 2008-2009 Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, CHS website, accessed October 28, 2011
  5. "8 WTF REAL School Mascots". Smosh. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. "20 Sports Team Nicknames That are Worse Than the New Orleans PelicansPurple Pounders". Complex UK. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. Thomas, Kiley (2019-09-09). "Tardiness prompts painted mirrors at Chattanooga Central High School". WTVC. Retrieved 2019-09-11.



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