 Regular planning for West Side High School began during the summer of 1972, with a few adults and a group of young students from local public junior high schools, primarily from Booker T. Washington Jr. HS 54 and Jr. HS 44 on West 77th Street.As soon as school was out that year, the summer planning phase for West Side High School began.Students and adults met five days a week to plan for the new school program.