Southwestern Senior High School (Maryland)

Southwestern Senior High School
Address
200 Font Hill Avenue Baltimore , Maryland 21223
Coordinates	39°17′4″N 76°39′51″W
Information
School type	Public, Defunct, Comprehensive
Founded	1971
Closed	2007
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
School number	412
Grades	9-12
Area	Urban
Team name	Sabers

Southwestern Senior High School was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school opened in September 1971 and closed in June 2007. The building was vacant for a year before the city leased it to the SEED School of Maryland boarding school. The main classroom building was torn down along with the library and cafeteria. The building has been replaced with dorms and portable classrooms.

Notable student: Ken “The Animal” Bannister” Ken played in the NBA for five seasons (from 1985 through 1991), two with the New York Knicks and three with the L.A. Clippers. He also played professionally in Israel. (See the website <basketball-reference.com>

Notable staff and students

• Jack L. Chalker, novelist, taught at this school until 1978, when he left to write full-time^{[citation needed]}
• Ruff Endz band members David Chance and Dante Jordan^{[citation needed]}