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Olympic High School (Charlotte, North Carolina)

1966 establishments in North CarolinaAC with 0 elementsEducational institutions established in 1966Public high schools in North CarolinaSchools in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Olympic High School is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a high school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system. Olympic opened in the fall of 1966, in what was then the rural outskirts of Charlotte. It joined the Coalition of Essential Schools in 2005 and was split into five smaller, theme-based schools. Olympic was consolidated back into one high school the 2018–2019 school year. Today Olympic is a single comprehensive high school.

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Olympic High School (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Sandy Porter Road, Charlotte

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Sandy Porter Road 4301
28273 Charlotte
North Carolina, United States
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