[1] As a result of the closures, two lawsuits were filed, accusing the Phoenix Union High School District of discriminating against ethnic minorities and low-income students by closing schools in their neighborhoods, in addition to unfair resource allocations.

[7] The lawsuits were later consolidated into the Castro v. Phoenix Union High School District lawsuit,[7] in which a federal judge ruled against the school district.

[4] That ruling resulted in the reopening of North High, as well as, among other measures, the establishment of magnet programs across the district.

[4] The school's football field contains lattice tower light poles and a concrete grandstand.

Charles Barkley filmed his "I am not a role model" commercial for Nike at the school's gymnasium.