Douglas McKay High School

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Location
Douglas McKay High School
Salem, Oregon, United States
Information
Principal	Cynthia Richardson
Enrollment	1859 (2007-2008)^[1]
Students	+2000
Type	Public High School
Mascot	The Royal Scots
Color(s)	Green, Gold, Blue
Established	1979
Information	2440 Lancaster Drive NE 503-399-3080
Homepage	http://mckayhs.org/

Douglas McKay High School is a high school located in the North Lancaster neighborhood of Salem, Oregon. McKay is one of six standard secondary education facilities in the Salem-Keizer Public Schools district. Built in 1979, the school was named after former Governor of Oregon and United States Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.

In 2007, McKay was listed for the third consecutive year as one of Oregon's "Persistently Dangerous Schools" (as defined and mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act). Although the school was labled perstistantly dnagerous many of the students and teachers alike feel that the reason McKay has such a bad reputation is because they expell more problem students than most of the other schools in the Salem-Kiezer school district, making it actually one of the safer schools in the district. ^[2]

[edit] Notable alumni

Gus Envela, Jr., 100-, 200- and 400-meter state high school sprint champion in 1984, 1985 and 1986; 3-time and first ever Olympic competitor representing Equatorial Guinea (1988, 1992, 1996) (Class of 1986)
Aaron Hill, candidate for mayor of Salem, Oregon in 1994, at the age of 19 (Class of 1993)