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80 Metropolitan Ave Cranston, Rhode Island 02920 United States | |
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| School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
| Superintendent | Jeannine Nota-Masse |
| Principal | John Fontaine (as of 2022) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,423 (2016-17)[1] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colors | scarlet and gray[2] |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Rival | Cranston East Thunderbolts |
| Feeder schools | Western Hills Middle School Hope Highlands Middle School |
| Website | https://chsw.cpsed.net/ |
Cranston High School West (often calledWest, Cranston West or abbreviated asCHSW) is a public high school located inCranston, Rhode Island, United States.Theschool comprises five buildings; one of these buildings is the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center. The school grounds include six tennis courts, a baseball field, and a track and football field. West has 155 staff members who work with the student population of approximately 1850 daily. The program of studies encompasses 203 different courses. The Cranston Area Career and Technical Center offers 17 different courses. All courses are geared toward student academic abilities. Fifty-two percent of graduates go on to pursue a four-year degree while twenty-two percent pursue a 2-year degree.
Numerous athletic teams have won championship titles for the school, more recently being the 2004 varsity football team, 2006 varsity wrestling team, 2007 varsity wrestling team, 2008 varsity wrestling team, 2009 varsity wrestling team, 2006 varsity baseball team, 2007 varsity baseball team, 2009 varsity hockey team, 2011 varsity baseball team, and 2012 varsity boys tennis team. Also the varsity boys volleyball team made it to the semifinals of the State titles in 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015 while winning the State Championship in 2016 and 2019. The 2017 boys swim team were the division three dual meet champions. It is also the high school of formerNFLrunning back and two-timeSuper Bowl champion with theOakland Raiders,Mark Van Eeghen.[3]
On April 4, 2011, 10th-grade studentJessica Ahlquist filed a federallawsuit aimed at ending theschool's display of a prayer on a banner.District Court JudgeRonald R. Lagueux issued a decision[4] in favor of Jessica on January 11, 2012. The decision was in part based on theEstablishment Clause of the First Amendment, and theLemon v. Kurtzman,Lynch v. Donnelly, andLee v. Weisman US Supreme Court cases. Upon learning of the results of the case, some residents of Cranston, and others opposed to the decision and to Jessica'satheism, took their anger out on Jessica onTwitter andFacebook,[5] and local florists refused to deliver to her.[6]
After florists in Cranston and Warwick refused, a Connecticut florist agreed to deliver the flowers.
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