History
The school originally opened as Academic High School in 1976 on 70 Sip Avenue in Jersey City. The school also rented a space in a Ukrainian building on Bergen Avenue. Its name was also changed to honor the late astronaut in 1986. In 1997 the school moved to its new location on 123 Coles Street due to safety and spacing reasons.
Beginning in the 2004-05 school year, the incoming class size was increased from 140 students to 200.
In 2004, McNair Academic, the school's library was renamed in honor of teacher Vincent Russo. In May 2009, McNair lost Dr. Sara Solberg, a teacher of English, French, Shakespeare, and Mythology. Thanks to Donald Delo, the school opened a new stage in the Winter of 2010 named 'Sara's Stage' in her honor.
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