Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School
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| Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School | |
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| Location | |
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2111 W. 47th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60609 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | Be bold. Be brave. Be a Bobcat'. |
| Established | 2013 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 140940 |
| Principal | Patricia Barrera Brekke |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,061 (2019-20) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Maroon Orange |
| Team name | Bobcats |
| Newspaper | The Maroon |
| Website | boycp |
| Last updated: 2 May 2020 | |
Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School, commonly known as Back of the Yards College Prep or BOYCP, is a public four-year international baccalaureate high school located in the New City community area on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Back of the Yards is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district and has a general education program in addition to an International Baccalaureate program. Back of the Yards College Prep was named after the neighborhood it is located in, Back of the Yards. Back of the Yards College Prep is accessible via the Chicago L's nearby Western Orange Line station.[1]
Back of the Yards College Prep's initial construction began on 4 October 2010.[2] Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley and Alderman George Cardenas attended the school's ceremonial groundbreaking the following spring, on 26 April 2011, and actual construction of the school structure was scheduled to begin that summer.[3] By May 2013, the school was "substantially" complete.[4] On 8 August 2013, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett attended the opening of Back of the Yards College Prep.[5] Emanuel stated that the school was "the most incredible school that [he had] seen in probably [his] entire career." Alderman Cardenas stated that the school was ten years in the making.[6]
On 13 February 2015, during a forum among candidates running to become the next Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel erroneously stated that Back of the Yards College Prep had "one of the best graduation rates of any high school in the city", despite the fact that no students had graduated from the school at that point since the inaugural class was barely in its sophomore year.[7]
On 10 June 2017, the graduation ceremony for the inaugural class took place.[8]
