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McKinley is having an identity crisis. Are we Techites, Trainers, or the McKinley Phoenix? There is a debate about this between current students and alumni.
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When declining enrollment forced McKinley Technical High School to close its doors in 1997, vandals and drug dealers frequented the historic structure in Northeast Washington, DC, pushing the building further into disrepair. The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) stepped in to reclaim the facility, gutting the dilapidated interior in July 2001 to make way for modern, high-tech classrooms and labs, where motivated, hand-picked students could pursue careers in biotechnology, information technology, and broadcast production.