Herron Hill Junior High School

For Further Reading: 1969-1978

"Vandals Set $50,000 Fire, Close Herron Hill School:

All Records Destroyed at Junior High."

Jerry Sharpe.

The Pittsburgh Press, 24 February 1969.

"$50,000 Blaze Closes City School:

Arsonists Hunted in Herron Hill Fire."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 February 1969.

"Chorus High Note Hit in Herron Hill Strife:

Gift Shows School Pride."

The Pittsburgh Press, 28 February 1969.

"For Unselfish Gift, Chorus Gets Robes:

At Herron Hill."

The Pittsburgh Press, 5 March 1969.

"Herron Hill Principal Defends School:

Junior High Subject of Integration Controversy:

Discipline Problems, Student Drug Use Denied by Teachers."

Douglas Smock.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4 February 1972.

"City Rejects Herron Hill School Plan:

$4.3-Million Expansion Called Too Grandiose."

The Pittsburgh Press, 26 June 1974, 23.

"Herron Hill School Plan Postponed."

The Pittsburgh Press, 7 July 1974, A2.

"City Planners School Action Challenged."

Beth Dunlop.

The Pittsburgh Press, 24 July 1974, 8.

"Group Pledges Battle for Hill School Change."

Jonathan Williams.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 24 July 1974, 21.

"Herron Hill Expansion:

School Project Blocked."

Robert Flipping, Jr.

Pittsburgh Courier, 27 July 1974, 1, 5.

"Voice of the Courier:

City Stalls on Herron Hill Project."

Pittsburgh Courier, 10 August 1974, 7.

"No Super School Board, Please." [Editorial.]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 August 1974.

"Council Rejects Herron Expansion."

David Warner.

The Pittsburgh Press, 17 September 1974, 1, 6.

"Council, Planners Draw Fire from Herron Hill."

William Allan Jr.

The Pittsburgh Press, 20 September 1974.

"School Board Adopts Plan for Herron Hill:

Conversion Opposed by City."

Jonathan Williams.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 September 1974, 1, 6.

"School Board Sues City on Herron Hill."

The Pittsburgh Press, 1 October 1974.

"Board Solicitor Says City Trying to Establish

Veto Power in School Decisions."

Ron Suber.

Pittsburgh Courier, 9 November 1974, 1, 5.

"Hill School Renovation Bids In:

Litigation Delays Final Action by City Board."

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 November 1974, 2.

"Legal Way Cleared for Herron School."

The Pittsburgh Press, 11 December 1974, 1, 8.

"Board Plans Go-Ahead on Herron Hill Project."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12 December 1974, 21.

"City Appeals Herron Hill School Order:

Action Challenges Project Go-Ahead, $646,000 Penalty."

The Pittsburgh Press, 14 December 1974, 2.

"City Offers School Panel Herron 'Deal:'

Won't Appeal Case If Board Refuses $646,000 Fine."

David Nilsson.

The Pittsburgh Press, 20 December 1974, 42.

"Patrick Opposes Opening of Black Herron Hill."

Ron Suber.

Pittsburgh Courier, 25 October 1975, 1, 4.

"Open Enrollment Proposed for Herron Hill."

Ron Suber.

Pittsburgh Courier, 22 November 1975.

"Dr. Evans Plans Herron Hill Open Enrollment

To Attract Whites."

Ron Suber.

Pittsburgh Courier, 17 January 1976, 1, 4.

"White Students Sought to Attend Herron Hill School."

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 February 1976.

"Hill School Project Okd:

By State Court."

The Pittsburgh Press, 19 February 1976, 11.

"City Can't Halt Growth of Herron Hill School:

Pa. Court Rules on Appeal."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 20 February 1976, 6.

"Herron School Draws Few Whites."

Thomas P. Benic.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3 March 1976, 1.

"Herron Hill School Extends Enrollment, Few Whites Apply."

Thomas P. Benic.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 30 March 1976, 13.

"Herron Hill--A Middle School:

Curriculum Will Stress Basic Skills."

The News from the Pittsburgh Public Schools, (May 1976): 1-2.

"Herron Hill School Experiment Finds White Community Wary."

Jerry Vondas.

The Pittsburgh Press, 16 May 1976, F1.

"Herron Hill School Still Shunned by Whites."

John R. Block.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 July 1976, 9.

"Herron School Has New Look."

The Pittsburgh Press, 15 July 1976, 12.

"Mother Blames City Board for 'All-Black' Herron Hill School."

The Pittsburgh Press, 18 November 1976, 2.

"Segregation Seesaw:

Why Integration Failed at Herron Hill School."

The Pittsburgh Press, 7 June 1978, B1.

"Herron Hill Name Changed."

[Margaret Milliones Middle School.]

The Pittsburgh Press, 28 September 1978, A14.

Last updated: 22 May 2003.