Cheney High School (Washington)

Cheney High School is a four-year public high school in Cheney, Washington, United States serving the Cheney School District. The school has a population of 1,300 students in grades 9–12, with more than 70 full-time equivalent teaching staff. Cheney athletic teams compete in the Greater Spokane League (3A class) as the Blackhawks, and the school colors are red and black.

Cheney High School
Address
460 North 6th Street

Cheney
,
Washington
99004

United States
Coordinates47.498°N 117.577°W / 47.498; -117.577
Information
School districtCheney School District
NCES School ID530123000223[1]
PrincipalBrett Hale[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,332 (2019-2020)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.14[1]
Color(s)Red and Black   
MascotBlackhawks
YearbookTitocom
Websitechs.cheneysd.org
For the high school in Connecticut, see Howell Cheney Technical High School. For the high school in Sedgwick County, Kansas, see Cheney High School (Kansas).

Reports of sexual abuse

Cheney high schools music director from 1982-1986 Micheal Alstad has been accused of abusing students at the time he worked at the school. the student that claimed to have been abused by Micheal Alstad had said that the Cheney school district had known that he was abusing students but had not done anything to stop him.[3][4]

Building

In 1929, voters approved the construction of a new high school, after school district consolidation was anticipated to exceed the capacity of the existing building, which was completed in 1913. Plans were drawn up to move the junior high into the 1913 building, demolish an older building (1893) and reuse its bricks for the construction of a new school. The first event at the new building was a basketball game against Davenport High School, held on January 7, 1930; students and teachers moved in two weeks later, on January 22.[5]

In 1966, a new open-campus high school was built at the present location on North 6th Street;[6] junior high classes were moved to the 1930 high school, which was renamed Fisher Junior High. When the new junior high school building was completed in 1977, the 1930 high school building was taken over and reused as administrative offices by the school district until 2012,[5] when offices were moved to the former Nike missile base designated F-37 on Andrus Road near Four Lakes.[7][8]

The high school was remodeled in 1970 and 1991 to enclose the campus and add a second story, totaling 177,013 sq ft (16,445.0 m2) of floor area; a new addition was completed in 2020 to add 17 classrooms, a student commons, auditorium, and athletic facilities, with a total combined area of 232,000 sq ft (21,600 m2).[9][10] The total cost of the expansion was estimated at $28.53 million in 2017.[11]

Activities

Cheney High School competes in the Greater Spokane League (GSL), moving up to the WIAA 3A classification for the 2020–21 school year.[12] Previously, Cheney had competed in the Great Northern League (GNL), which was reorganized from the Frontier League in 1998,[13] in the 2A/AA class. In 2002, Cheney entered the GSL as a 3A class school, but was reclassed to 2A in 2004 and returned to the GNL.[14]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - Cheney High School (530123000223)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. "Cheney High School Staff". Cheney High School. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. "www.kxly.com".
  4. "www.columbian.com".
  5. Blalock, Minnie (August 26, 2016). "1930 Cheney High School". Cheney Historical Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. Blalock, Minnie (June 10, 2016). "Looking back: New Cheney High School". Cheney Historical Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. Francovich, Eli (May 13, 2017). "Cold War era missile base now administrative heart of Cheney schools". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. "Four Lakes ANGS, Washington (BRAC 2005)". Air Force Civil Engineer Center. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. "Cheney High School Modernization & Expansion". ALSC Architects. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  10. "Cheney High School Modernization & Expansion, presentation to City of Cheney". City of Cheney. April 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  11. McCallum, John (November 2, 2017). "Cheney High School renovations over budget". Cheney Free Press. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. Wiebe, Stephan (October 9, 2019). "Pullman, Clarkston set to join Greater Spokane League". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. Trimmer, Dave; Derrick, Chris (October 2, 1997). "Some Schools Won't Like How Numbers Add Up". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  14. "The League of Champions - League Info - League History". Greater Spokane League. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
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