High Bridge High School
High Bridge High School was a public high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades operated by the High Bridge School District in High Bridge, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school was established in 1908 and closed in 1973.
The school was granted authority by the New Jersey Department of Education in 1908 to operate as a four-year high school and graduated its first students the following year.[1] Facing the prospect of a costly new facility to accommodate increased enrollment, voters in High Bridge and in the regional district both passed separate October 1972 referendums under which High Bridge would place the district's high school students at North Hunterdon High School, which is operated as part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, with High Bridge becoming the district's 12th constituent municipality.[1][2] High Bridge High School closed in 1973, with a final graduating class of 39 students and an enrollment of 180 students.[1] In 1975, Voorhees High School opened, to relieve overcrowding at North Hunterdon High, and students from High Bridge were reassigned there, with the exception of incoming 12th graders, who remained at North Hunterdon.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Meddis, Sam. "An era ends in High Bridge", Courier News, June 15, 1973. Accessed November 9, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Faced with the immediate prospect of having to construct a new school to relieve overcrowding and to accommodate anticipated increased enrollment, residents opted in October's school referendum to merge with nearby North Hunterdon Regional High School. The merger, making this borough the 12th municipality in the regional district, was also approved by a large majority of Regional's voters."
- ^ "Voters approve school merger", Courier News, October 11, 1972. Accessed November 9, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Voters in the North Hunterdon Regional High School district, made up of 11 neighboring municipalities, and voters in High Bridge approved a merger of High Bridge High School into the regional district. The merger required a separate referendum in both school districts and the vote is binding on the two respective school boards. The merger passed in the regional district, 528-375; voters in High Bridge approved the move 354-197. High Bridge will begin sending its estimated 180 students to the regional high school in September 1973."
- ^ Hagemann, Donna. "Boundaries split districts", Courier News, September 18, 1974. Accessed November 9, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Municipal boundaries dictated the division announced last night by the North Hunterdon Regional High School Board of Education, determining which students will attend the new Voorhees Campus in Lebanon Township next fall. According to the plan drawn up by an ad hoc committee, students living in Lebanon Township, Calif on. High Bridge and Tewksbury will attend the new school."