Livingston High School (California)

Livingston High School
Location
1617 Main Street.
Livingston, California, 95334
United States
Coordinates 37°22′32″N 120°43′23″W / 37.3756°N 120.723°WCoordinates: 37°22′32″N 120°43′23″W / 37.3756°N 120.723°W
Information
Type Public
School district Merced Union High School District
Principal Ralph Calderon
Faculty 50.4 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1172[1] (2005-06)
Student to teacher ratio 23.3[1]
Color(s) Purple and Gold
Mascot Wolf
Team name Livingston Wolves
Website LHS Homepage

Livingston High School, in Livingston, California, is a public secondary school in the Merced Union High School District. The school contains grades 9-12. Students come from Livingston Middle School and Ballico Middle School.

Administration

The current principal, Ralph Calderon, has been principal since the 2007-2008 school year. Currently, the three associate principals include Mandy Ballenger, Hector Bravo, and Scott Weimer.

History

In May of 2011, a Science teacher was arrested for aiding students in getting intoxicated through the use of chloroform that she ordered through the school for her "lessons". http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/25/california-teacher-charged-allegedly-getting-students-high/ Just a few days later she was then arrested for possession of explosives. http://abcnews.go.com/US/school-evacuated-teacher-brings-explosive-material/story?id=13700022 In May 2012, an agriculture teacher was charged with having sex with a 15 year old student in 2010 and 2011.[2]

Courses

Usually, the classes are approximately an hour in length. Subjects include English, mathematics, science, social science, etc. Other subjects include foreign language, photography, art, and band. Regional Occupation Program classes are also available in areas such as medical, business, education, and computers. The school provides tutoring to students in need of help for their classes as well. However due to Livingston's relatively small population, the High School has a very poor selection of electives and discriminately offers foreign language classes, i.e. Students may only take Punjabi if they are of Punjabi descent and already have knowledge of the language and all other students are only offered Spanish. Livingston High also has poor standards in education and graduation requirements.

Livingston High School also offers Advance Placement(AP) college-level courses. In the past, any student could register for any AP course. However, in preparation for the coming school year, this policy has changed. Students were required to sign a contract stating they would not drop any AP class, as well as get permission slips signed by teachers recommending them to a particular AP class. This has caused some stir among the faculty and students. A possible reason for the contract is so teachers don't end up teaching only a few students during a period, since they could be more useful teaching a regular class and cutting down class size on other teachers. The following AP courses are available as of the 2011-2012 school year:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Livingston High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ Stevens, Matt (4 June 2012). "California teacher charged with having sex with teen student - latimes.com". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

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