Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School

Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School (COCHS) was a public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that closed in 2020.^[1] It replaced Alonzo A. Crim Comprehensive High School after it closed in 2005.^[2] Part of Atlanta Public Schools, it is located at 256 Clifton Street SE in southeast Atlanta, in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

Alonzo Aristotle Crim Open Campus High School
Address
256 Clifton Street Southeast Atlanta , Georgia 30317 United States
Coordinates	33°44′43.46″N 84°19′51.23″W
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"One Campus Open to a World of Opportunities"
Established	2005
School district	Atlanta Public Schools
Grades	9–12
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Blue and white
Mascot	Eagles
Nickname	Crim, Crim High
Yearbook	Azuwur
Website	https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/crim

The school is inside DeKalb County.^[3]

History

Until 1988, the school was named Murphy High School. From 1988 to 2005, the school was named Alonzo Aristotle Crim Comprehensive High School. Its feeder schools were Sammye E. Coan Middle School and Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

Former athletic programs

The Eagles athletic teams competed in Region 2-AA of the Georgia High School Association.

In its last year as a traditional school, Crim High School's athletic program offered varsity girls' softball, varsity boys' track, varsity football, varsity boys' basketball, junior varsity boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, junior varsity girls' basketball, varsity basketball, junior varsity basketball, and cheerleading.

Notable alumni (traditional school)

Name Class year Notability References Anthony Carter 1989 professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets [4] Shandon Anderson 1991 former NBA player who played for the Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Utah Jazz Larry Brown 1994 Former NFL player Gerran Walker 2001 former football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts [5] Inky Johnson 2004 motivational speaker and former college football player Richard Dent 1979 Super Bowl XX MVP

References

1. https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/aps-close-crim-high-name-central-office-after-former-leader/YBqvspGgeOLQS7596LDyDP/#:~:text=Crim%20Open%20Campus%20High%20School,Atlanta's%20first%20African%2DAmerican%20superintendent. ^{[bare URL]}
2. Crim Open Campus High School website^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "DeKalb County Map" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 8, 2019. - See "Crim High School" in the west side of the map.
4. Staff. "Nuggets' Carter keeps on dreaming", Denver Post, December 23, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
5. Staff (May 5, 2006). "Gerran Walker". Indianapolis Colts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.

External links

• Crim High School