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5476 Caldwell Mill Road
Birmingham, AL 35242
(205) 682-5200
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About Us |
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The opening of Oak Mountain High School is the culmination of many years of hard work and community effort by many Shelby County residents. The dream of a new high school had been discussed and worked on for almost ten years. Teachers, administrators, board members, parents, and other community members worked very hard to get a tax referendum passed. Working together, a critical needs package was developed, featuring all schools in Shelby County. Many volunteers printed booklets, rolled, stuffed, and delivered papers, and attended over 220 meetings for both tax votes.
Greg Hart deserves single credit and recognition for his role in the tax initiative. He spearheaded the campaign for school in Shelby County during the tax discussions, working long hours to educate the community on the benefits of increased funding.
Oak Mountain has proven itself to be a community with high hopes and big dreams for its schools. It has also proven to be an area with residents who are able to generate the endeavor needed to do the impossible and make dreams come true.
Oak Mountain High is something of which everyone can be proud. This school is a symbol of what Shelby County has become over the last twenty years. The school is big because it has to accommodate the growing number of students in this area. It is attractive on the outside, and the design and layout on the inside represents months of study and planning for the most efficient use of space, the most efficient hallway and classroom placement, and the best design for common areas for students and staff. The school is a blend of "the best" from many other schools that now serve as models of successful educational programs across the country.
The 210,000 square-foot campus, which sprawls across forty-five acres, accommodates the facilities to make experiences at OMHS the best that it can be. Students can conduct experiments in any four of the science labs or take computer classes in the two computer labs. They can watch plays in the state-of-the-art auditorium which seats 1,000 people, and eat lunch in the "Eagles Landing Cafe," featuring four different cuisine lines.
Sports facilities on campus include a practice gymnasium, a competition gym seating 2,000 fans, baseball and softball stadiums, a band practice field, and soccer practice fields. A multi-purpose stadium, seating 5,000 spectators, was also built on Hwy. 119 to house the football, soccer, and track and field events. Each of these facilities allow Oak Mountain High School students the opportunities to practice and compete on their own "turf". |
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1999-2000 was Oak Mountain High School's inaugural school year. |
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Construction photos of the school being built. |
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Senator Bill Armistead and Principal Randy Fuller review the plans for the construction of Oak Mountain High School. |
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