Archives Closed Schools T-Z: Woerner Junior High School

Other Name: Emma J. Woerner Junior High School; Eastern Junior High School; Atherton High School; Jefferson County Traditional Middle School; Woerner Metro Alternative School

Last Address: 1418 Morton Avenue

Year Opened: 1964

Year Closed: 1977

Eastern Junior High School, previously located on Broadway, was moved to the former Atherton High School building on Morton Avenue in 1964 and renamed Woerner Junior High School in honor of Emma J. Woerner, the first principal of Atherton.  Woerner closed as a junior high, circa 1977, and became Woerner Metro Alternative School.  Jefferson County Traditional Middle School later moved to the former Woerner circa 1981.  The history folder (filed with the successor JCTMS) contains a photo of the Woerner library.