Streetsboro High School

Streetsboro High School

Front of Streetsboro High School displaying awards received from the state of Ohio
Address
1900 Annalane Drive
Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
United States
Coordinates 41°14′2″N 81°19′31″W / 41.23389°N 81.32528°W / 41.23389; -81.32528Coordinates: 41°14′2″N 81°19′31″W / 41.23389°N 81.32528°W / 41.23389; -81.32528
Information
Type Public, coeducational
Founded 1902
1962 (re-established)
Closed 1950–1962
School district Streetsboro City School District
Principal James Hogue
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 637 (2010–11)
Language English
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Blue and Gold
          
Athletics conference Portage Trail Conference
Metro Division
Team name Rockets
Rivals Crestwood Red Devils
Accreditation Ohio Department of Education
Publication Orbiter
Yearbook Golden Key
Communities served Streetsboro
Website www.streetsboroschools.com/site/Default.aspx?PageID=897

Streetsboro High School is a public high school in Streetsboro, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Streetsboro City School District and had an enrollment of 637 students in the 2010–11 school year. The school was first established in 1902, but closed in 1950; it was re-established in 1962 with the opening of the current facility. Athletic teams are known as the Rockets and school colors are blue and gold. Streetsboro High School is the home of high school radio station WSTB, branded "88.9 The Alternation".[1]

History

Streetsboro High School was established in 1902 when the Streetsboro Township schools consolidated to a central building from one-room schoolhouses. The Streetsboro Township School would house the high school and all grades in Streetsboro until 1950, when it was replaced by a new school, later called Wise Elementary School. Wise was adjacent to the original building and was planned to house all 12 grade levels. At that time, however, the Ohio Department of Education revoked the high school charter, so high school students were initially sent to Aurora High School in neighboring Aurora, before eventually being sent to Davey Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent. This arrangement continued until 1962, when the school was re-established at the opening of the current Streetsboro High School building on Annalane Drive. The class of 1964 was the first class to graduate from Streetsboro since 1950, while the class of 1965 was the first to have attended all years of schooling in Streetsboro since the class of 1950.[2][3]

Since opening in 1962, the high school has had several additions, both to the building and to the adjacent campus. In the late 1960s, Campus Elementary School and Streetsboro Middle School were built on the campus, with Henry Defer Intermediate School opening in 2004. The most recent additions to the building included a new science wing in the early 2000s, followed by eight modular classrooms later that decade.[4] A fire in June 2010 caused approximately $2 million in water, smoke, and structural damage, mainly to the gymnasium. The fire forced the district to shut down the school for the remainder of the school year.[5][6] Because repairs to the gymnasium were not completed until early March 2011, the boys basketball team played home games that season at the old Ravenna High School in nearby Ravenna, which had recently been vacated.[7][8]

A new high school building is under construction at a site along Ohio State Route 14, approved by voters in November 2013 as part of a bond issue that included additions and updates to other district buildings.[9] The 117,570 square feet (10,923 m2) building is scheduled to be complete at the end of 2016 with plans to be sustainably designed with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. Included in the new building is an 800-seat auditorium, 800-seat gymnasium, outdoor courtyard, radio studio, and a TV studio, along with athletic fields and new stadium complex. After the new school opens, plans are for the current high school building to be renovated to house middle school students in grades 6–8.[10]

State championships

References

  1. Gaetjens, Bob (November 14, 2008). "WSTB-FM Streetsboro radio back on the air". Record-Courier. Retrieved December 11, 2008. The Streetsboro High School radio station was taken off the air Oct. 13 when district officials found "inappropriate" photographs on the station's computers, according to Superintendent Linda T. Keller.
  2. "Raze School Building At Streetsboro". Record-Courier. July 13, 1950. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. Golden Key (PDF). Streetsboro High School. 1965. p. 22. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  4. Portage County (Map). Portage County Auditor. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016. See "Aerials" tab for different years
  5. Galbincea, Pat (June 1, 2010). "Fire erupts in Streetsboro High School gym, school will not reopen". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  6. Sangiacomo, Michael (June 2, 2010). "Streetsboro High School damage set at $2 million". The Plain Dealer.
  7. "Local news briefs - March 4". Akron Beacon Journal. March 4, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  8. Schoenstein, Holly (November 24, 2010). "Rocket cagers will play at old Ravenna High". Aurora Advocate. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  9. Gaetjens, Bob (November 6, 2013). "Streetsboro voters approve bond issue for new school facilities". Record-Courier. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  10. "Streetsboro High School Community Meeting" (Press release). Streetsboro City School District. March 24, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  11. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  12. Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Retrieved 2007-02-12.


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