| Lynnwood High School | |
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| Address | |
| 18218 North Road Bothell, Washington, 98012 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary School |
| Motto | Home of the Royals |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | Edmonds School District |
| Principal | Dave Golden |
| Faculty | 81 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | ~1600 (2010-11) |
| Grade 9 | 373 (2007) |
| Grade 10 | 313 (2007) |
| Grade 11 | 345 (2007) |
| Grade 12 | 240 (2007) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22:1 (2007) |
| Campus type | suburban, Co-Educational |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Mascot | Chimera |
| Rival | Mountlake Terrace High School |
| Newspaper | The Royal Gazette |
| Website | http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/lhs/ |
| Lynnwood High School | |
Lynnwood High School is a high school in the Edmonds School District, located in Bothell, Washington. The school has approximately 1600 students enrolled for grades 9-12 as of the 2010-2011 school year.
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Lynnwood High School's mascot is a Chimera but the students have traditionally been referred to as the "Lynnwood Royals" and the school as "Home of the Royals"[1]
The current building is located on North Road, east of Lynnwood. The funding for construction was approved in 2006 and construction began in June 2007, after a wooded area was logged.
The building opened on September 8, 2009. As of September 27, 2010, the school is completed and there is no construction taking place. The facility was designed by Bassetti Architects. It is configured around a large central common space called The Agora, named after the Greek word for “place of assembly” and “marketplace”.[2] Four wings radiate from the Agora: two are two-story classroom wings, the others are a performing arts wing and an athletics wing. The gymnasium and performing arts wings are designed to function separately from the rest of the building outside of normal school hours.
The new school has many environmentally friendly features such as skylights to bring in natural sunlight into the building instead of using lighting. Despite protests from some environmental groups, the school was built on a wooded area. West of the new football field are the remaining evergreen trees in a protected wetland. A natural area to the north of the school still exists as protected wetland with a pond and trees. A storm water detention pond north of the football field diverts potentially polluted water from going into local creeks and waterways. Classrooms are not air conditioned but have natural convection ventilation.[3] The buildings received an Energy Star design certification.[4] Its expected energy use is a reduction of 44 percent compared with an average building of similar type.[5]
The new building received the international annual design award of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International for 2010, the James D. MacConnell Award for outstanding new educational facilities.[6] In 2011 the new school was recognized as one of ten “Schools of the 21st Century – The Latest Thinking and Best Ideas on the Planning and Design of K-12 School Buildings”, by Architectural Record magazine.[7]
The former Lynnwood High School was located at 3001 184th St SW, but it has been vacant since 2009.[8] Demolition of the old high school began in October 2010.
The site is now to be redeveloped. In December 2010 it was announced that Costco Wholesale is looking to occupy approximately 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2) of the recently cleared property. It is planned for this property to be mix-used between multiple stores and restaurants. If all permits are approved for the new Costco, it can be expected to open in 2012.[8][9]
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