Leadership High School

Leadership High School is a public charter high school located in San Francisco. Founded in 1997, Leadership or "LHS" was California's first start-up charter high school. The school provides a college-preparatory curriculum and focuses on leadership development and social justice.

During the school's first two years, it operated out of Golden Gate University. It then moved to the Excelsior District and occupied an elementary school facility owned by San Francisco Unified School District. In January 2007, the school was forced to move from that location, because the building was determined to not be earthquake-safe. Between January 2007 and June 2008, the school shared a facility with Philip and Sala Burton High School. Since August 2008, the school has shared a facility with James Denman Middle School, exclusively occupying the top floor of the building. In 2014, Leadership is scheduled to again occupy its original Excelsior District site, after SFUSD completes a modernization project there.

The school enrolls approximately 270 students. By 2012, there were over 500 graduates, with over 95% going on to college. [1]

(This school is not related to "Leadership Public Schools," a network of 4 charter high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.)

The school has had four leaders in its history. As of 2012, the school is led by Executive Director Elizabeth Rood and Principal Anita Sufi [2]

Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)

In 1997 Leadership became a Coalition of Essential Schools National Affiliate School.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fifteen year of success."School website
  2. ↑ "2011 - 2012 Faculty and Staff"School web site

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