History
Middleton High School was the first high school for African Americans in Hillsborough County when it opened in 1934 on 24th and Chelsea Streets in East Tampa. Booker T. Washington School (Tampa) had accommodated junior and senior high students. A 1940 fire destroyed the school and was rebuilt through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). There was a second fire in 1960. Middleton closed in 1971 as a result of desegregation, becoming Middleton Junior High School renamed A.J. Ferrell Middle School of Technology in 1993. The high school reopened in a new location in 2002 with the support of alumni.
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