Grand Island Senior High School (New York)

Grand Island Senior High School is a public high school located at 1100 Ransom Road in Grand Island, New York. The school follows the New York State Regents Board curriculum. Advanced Placement classes are offered in 16 subjects including Biology, Calculus, Physics C: Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetism, and US History. Many students participate in a BOCES program which allows them to experience many occupations before pursuing them and gaining useful training and certifications. Students' averages are calculated using the traditional 4.0 scale.

The school is under the jurisdiction of the Grand Island Central School District.

Academics

In 2009, Grand Island Senior High School was ranked 23 out of 131 Western New York high schools in terms of academics.^[1]

Alumni

• Dale Brown
• Carlin Hartman
• Brett Kern
• Stacy Clark
• Jimmy Arias

Political Oppression

Shane Kinney, a 16-year-old sophomore at Grand Island High School, was confronted March 11th, 2014, after a teacher claimed his shirt was an “inappropriate” violation of the school’s dress code. Although the school’s dress code makes no mention of political or firearm related attire, school administrators argued that Kinney’s shirt had the ability to “disrupt or interfere with the educational process.”

The shirt featured a pair of crossed rifles, and the logo of the National Rifle Association. After being ordered to turn the shirt inside out by the school’s principal, Kinney refused, citing his support for the organization and his constitutional rights.

“He said he’d rather not turn it inside out,” Shane’s father said. The school’s principal immediately suspended Kinney, pointing to a different rule in the dress code that states, “Any student who refuses to do so or who… fails to comply shall be subject to discipline.”

On April 22nd during a school board meeting, the superintendant of the school admitted the school was wrong to suspend Shane Kinney, and promised to expunge the suspension from his school record and return a confiscated multitool.

References

Coordinates: 43°02′13″N 78°56′00″W / 43.03694°N 78.93333°W / 43.03694; -78.93333