Huntington High School (New York)
| Huntington High School | |
|---|---|
 Facade of the school building, photographed in August 2012. | |
| Address | |
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188 Oakwood Road , 11743 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°51′24″N 73°25′28″W / 40.85667°N 73.42444°WCoordinates: 40°51′24″N 73°25′28″W / 40.85667°N 73.42444°W |
| Information | |
| Other name | HHS |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Huntington Union Free School District |
| NCES School ID | 361509001263[1] |
| Principal | Brenden Cusack |
| Teaching staff | 105.84 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,486 (2017-2018)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.04[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Blue Devil |
| Nickname | Blue Devils |
| Newspaper | The Dispatch |
| Yearbook | Huntingtonian |
| Website | www |
Huntington High School (HHS) is a public high school in Huntington, New York, United States. It is part of the Huntington Union Free School District.
Controversy[]
In 2018, Huntington High School was at the center of a controversy surrounding the deportation of a Honduran student seeking asylum. Documented in the New York Times, Alex was wrongly accused by Huntington High School of being part of a gang. "Despite all these warning signs, when the ICE agents came to Alex's house on June 14, 2017, he was shocked into silence. It was only when they were far from Huntington, passing through unfamiliar, rundown Long Island towns, that he was able to get out the words to ask why he was being arrested. Alex says the agent first asked him to guess, and then told him, "We received a report a while ago from the school that you were a gang member, and that's why."[2]
Despite only comprising 9% of the students of the school, black students represent 33% of the school's out-of-school suspensions and 21% of expulsions. Furthermore, black students are 7.2 times more likely to see disciplinary action than white students are.[3]
Notable alumni[]
- Anthony G. Brown (1979), lawyer, politician and congressman[4]
- James D. Conte, politician
- Brian Goldner (1981), CEO of Hasbro[5]
- Leroy Grumman (1911), aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and industrialist
- Joseph Hazelwood (1964), sailor
- Amy Ignatow (1995), author, illustrator, and cartoonist
- Ilana Kurshan, author
- Greg Packer (1983), perpetual man-on-the-street interviewee
- Sarah Reinertsen, paratriathlete and former Paralympic track athlete[6]
- Kurt Sohn (1975), NFL player[7]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (361509001263)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ^ "How a Crackdown on MS-13 Caught Up Innocent High School Students". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Miseducation - Huntington Union Free School District". propublica.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Cox, Erin (October 18, 2014). "Brown on a deliberate march toward goal years in the making". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Grimaldi, Paul (2008-05-20). "In charge at Hasbro". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ Rao, Ankita (June 30, 2012). "Amputee transforms herself into an athlete". Newsday. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (August 2, 1981). "Sports; A LONG SHOT AIMS FOR JETS". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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