Solomon Juneau Business High School is located at 6415 W. Mount Vernon Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

. Built in 1932, the school was part of the Milwaukee Public School District

Milwaukee Public Schools

Milwaukee Public Schools is the largest school district in Wisconsin. As of 2007, it had an enrollment of 87,360 students, and as of 2006 employed 6,100 full-time and substitute teachers in 223 schools. The Milwaukee Public Schools system is the 33rd largest in the United States by enrollment...

. It closed its doors in 2006 after 74 years in operation. The school closure was brought about by decreasing population in the city of Milwaukee. During the 2004-2005 school year the school had 917 students.

The school re-opened in late August, 2009 as the Montessori school in the array of specialty schools operated by the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Demographics

During the 2004-2005 school year, the school was:

• 14% White, 127 students
• 76% Black, 696 students
• 4% Asian, 36 students
• 1% Native American, 6 students
• 5% Hispanic, 50 students

Juneau Alumni Website 1932 - 2006 http://www.donovankoeberl.com/1976Juneau.html

Notable graduates

• Jim Lovell
  Jim Lovell
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   - astronaut; Command Module Pilot of Apollo 8
  Apollo 8
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  , Commander of Apollo 13
  Apollo 13
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• Ann Morgan Guilbert
  Ann Morgan Guilbert
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   - actress; played Millie Helper on the The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Pat Curran
  Pat Curran
  Pat Curran is a retired American football tight end. Curran played for the National Football League Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers between 1969 and 1978....
  
  , dubbed "the meanest man in the NFL" by CBS Sports Pat Summerall in 1969.
• Jeffrey Mantes, head of the City of Milwaukee - Department of Public Works for many years.
• Igor Potym, prominent Chicago attorney
• Dennis J. O'Boyle, famous public address announcer. While attending Juneau, O'Boyle attained four years of perfect attendance and won 25 awards.
• Todd F. Ovokaitys, M.D., founder of www.gematria.com and also a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School.
• Harold Cook, founder of The All City Sports Network on Time/Warner Cable Television.