Oneonta High School
Address
130 Upper East Street

Oneonta
,
New York
13820

United States
Coordinates42°28′10″N 75°03′06″W / 42.46944°N 75.05167°W / 42.46944; -75.05167
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtOneonta City School District
PrincipalKevin Stevens
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment477
Websitewww.oneontacsd.org/oneontahighschool_home.aspx
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Oneonta High School is a public high school in Oneonta, New York. It serves grades 9–12 and is the only high school in the Oneonta City School District.[1] The first high school in Oneonta was incorporated in 1874; the present school building, at 130 Upper East Street, opened in 1964.

School

As of 2022, Oneonta High School had 477 students, of whom 20.4% were minority and 35% were economically disadvantaged.[1] The principal is Kevin Stevens.[2] The school's sports teams are the Yellowjackets.[3]

History

Oneonta's first high school was incorporated on November 6, 1874.[4] Its library was noted in 1915.[5] In 1913 at the school's 42nd commencement 53 students graduated, its largest class up to that point.[6]

The first modern high school opened in 1908, on the site of the former Union School on Academy Street. It was a three-story building in classical style, with statuary throughout the interior.[7] Almost 600 people attended the school's first college night in 1938.[8] School activities included a Key Club, founded in 1948.[9]

The high school continued to include elementary grades until 1927, when a junior high school was opened on an adjacent site.[7] In 1964, the high school moved to its present building on East Street, which unlike the former building, had on-site sports facilities. The Academy Street building became part of the junior high school, and was demolished in 1977 after the middle school moved to a new building next to the high school.[10] In the 1990s, the high school was renovated and a science wing added.[11]

Oneonta High School was the subject of a 1954 master's thesis examining high school dropouts.[12]

Alumni

  • Irving Ives, state senator and U.S. senator who was a leader in anti-discrimination legislation
  • Mark May, football player and broadcaster
  • Wendell Brown, computer scientist and businessman
  • Lance Ratchford, baseball player and former coach

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oneonta Senior High School in Oneonta, NY". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ Ochi, Alexis (August 31, 2022). "Oneonta School District eager for upcoming year". The Daily Star.
  3. ↑ "Athletics". Oneonta High School. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. Vol. 19. 1904. p. 184.
  5. ↑ "New York Libraries". University of the State of New York. February 19, 1915.
  6. ↑ "State Items". American Education. New York Education Company. 17 (1): 46. September 1913.
  7. 1 2 Simonson, Mark (2001). Oneonta. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. pp. 76–78. ISBN 978-0-7385-0920-4.
  8. ↑ Simonson, Mark (February 3, 2023). "Backtracking: The early years: Decision making about attending colleges got easier in Oneonta in 1938". The Daily Star.
  9. ↑ Simonson, Mark (February 10, 2023). "Backtracking: The early years: Local life revolved around education in February 1948". The Daily Star.
  10. ↑ Simonson (2001) pp. 78–79.
  11. ↑ Simonson (2001) p. 80.
  12. ↑ McClellan, Betty Jane (1954). Some Implications of a Study of Oneonta High School Dropouts (M.Ed.). Cornell University. OCLC 688382476.

Further reading

  • Your Schools, Today and Tomorrow; A Report of the Oneonta, New York Community-school Survey (October 1, 1944 – June 30, 1945). Oneonta Board of Education. 1945. OCLC 1340029860.
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