Clinton High School (Clinton, New York)
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| Superintendent | Jeffrey Roudebush |
| Principal | Richard Hunt |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Location | Clinton, New York |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Faculty | 70 |
| Campus surroundings | Village |
| Sports teams | Warriors |
| School color(s) | Maroon & White |
- This page is about Clinton High School in the state of New York. For other Clinton high schools see Clinton High School.
Clinton High School, or CHS, is a public high school in the village of Clinton, Oneida County, New York, United States. All of the Clinton Central School District buildings are at the same location, and the middle school is attached to the high school, as are the district offices. The high school harbors four grades, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. Though there are now generally 120-150 students per grade, enrollment has declined to the point where within several years, that figure will be around 100. For the past five years, the school has gone through many renovations and expansions. School classes begin the first Wednesday after Labor Day, and continue until June. The school year consists of 180 school days. The most recent school budget proposal, which requested $22.8 million for 2007-08, was rejected in May 2007 by 38 votes (677-639).
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[edit] History
Clinton High School succeeded many private institutions. In 1955, it was built on the grounds of the district's modern day middle school. In 1996, the two buildings were attached by several classrooms and a hallway, commonly known as 'the Bridge'. Also in 1996, the school's library was constructed. The 'Media Center' contains over 1,000 books and 30 computers. In 2003, another expansion was completed. The science wing added 8 new classrooms and facilities specially designed for Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Physics. Recently at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year, the high school opened a new 50,000 square foot gymnasium complex. Several other athletic facilities were constructed along with it, as well as a large lobby used for the district's annual craft fair.
[edit] Academics
Clinton High School regularly makes Newsweek's list of the top 1200 high schools, rising as high as 622 in 2005. Academically, it has a reputation as one of the strongest high schools in the region.
[edit] Extra-curricular Activities
The school offers and competes competitively in a number of sports, including soccer, golf, bowling, lacrosse, tennis, volleyball, basketball, Track and Field, cross country, football, and Ice Hockey. The CCS Warriors are 2004-05 New York State Division II Ice Hockey Champions. The Boys Track team won its division for the 8th straight year in a row, at the end of the 2005 school year. The CCS Warriors Hockey Team set a new record for most section wins for school and once again won the 2005-06 New York State Division II Championship. This is the fourth time that the Warriors have won the Division II Championship. In 2006, the Boy's Varsity Soccer Team won the Section III Championship for the first time on their way to a 15-2 season. In 2007, Clinton won 4 Sectional titles by 4 different teams, the Girls Varsity Basketball, The Boys Ice Hockey and The Boys Indoor Track and Field, and The Boys Outdoor Track and Field. From 2006-07, Clinton had won 5 Sectionals. The performing arts complex (known more familiarly as the theatre) is one of the most advanced in the district, and has some of the best performances in the district as well. In 2006 Grease, 2007 Guys and Dolls, and most recently in 2008 The Wiz. The students seem to dedicate themselves to the theatre so much that there is almost no student not involved with the cast, crew, or pit band by the time of the musical production.
However, recent budget cuts due to declining enrollment have caused the elimination of the position of the High School choral director.[citation needed] This will spread two teachers over five choirs. Many students anticipated a drastic decline in the quality of the school's performances, objecting so much to the proposed cut, such that they formed a group to help save the choral position, gathering over three hundred student signatures to present to the board at the public forum on April 8, 2008. After nearly two hours of impassioned pleas and heated debate over this cut, the board of education voted down the proposition to reinstate the teacher into the budget five against two.[citation needed]
