Talk:Saratoga High School

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Do scandals really deserve such a prominent section? From the length of the entry, it would appear that the school is known for nothing but scandals. -- iVinshe 20:05, Feb 11, 2007

Should this really be in the Cupertino category? It's not in Cupertino. -- Scott Burley 20:59, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)

i heard Mr. Audrey (however you spell his name) has quit his position as vice principal so could someone make that change? i dont know how things work around here. -- Nkoi July 13, 2006

[edit] Spielberg

Yes, anti-Semitism is listed in this link (http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.29.97/spielberg-9722.html):

Spielberg himself has said (in interviews with Barbara Walters and David Anser, and in a follow-up letter to the San Jose Mercury News) that he encountered anti-Semitism in his year (1964­65) at Saratoga High School. McBride interviewed more than 55 local people for his book, including Spielberg's high school friends Don Shull, Mike Augustine and Gene Ward Smith, uncovering only scattered incidents that justify Spielberg's claim that his time in Saratoga was "hell on Earth."

On the other hand, I can't find any evidence corroborating this claim:

According to Time Magazine, Spielburg was put into a special education class for his first month at Saratoga, causing him much pain and suffering. He convinced his parents to transfer him to another school...

There are many scattered websites saying he graduated from Saratoga (and transfered out of Arcadia HS in Scottsdale or Phoenix, AZ). Thus the spec ed/transfer claim seems to be false, so I'm taking it out unless someone can provide the purported reference from Time.

-SpuriousQ 04:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Urban Legends

There are a few additional legends of which my memory is hazy.

  • Deputy Zinc, supposedly some senior class made a set of stickers with a circle with a slash through it, and the chemical symbol for zinc (Zn) to imply No Zinc and placed them on the squad cars behind the saratoga post office, i remember being told this story by the physics teacher, Mr. Drennan.
  • using crisco on the falcon mosaic in the main quad to make unsuspecting freshmen slip and fall
  • Mr. Drennan's rubber mallet, which went on a world tour, and his photo album of it appear near various famous world momuments.

-SRM