| Leeton High School | |
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.jpg) Leeton High School, pictured in 2012 | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 34°32′50″S146°24′19″E / 34.5472°S 146.4052°E /-34.5472; 146.4052 |
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| Former name | Leeton District School |
| Type | Government-fundedco-educationalcomprehensivesecondaryday school |
| Motto | Latin:Qui Non Proficit, Deficit[1] (Those who do not profit [by what we offer], lose) |
| Established | 1926; 99 years ago (1926) (as Leeton District School) |
| School district | Narrandera; Rural South and West |
| Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
| Principal | Meagan Crelley |
| Teaching staff | 42.9FTE (2018)[2] |
| Enrolment | 465[2] (2018) |
| Campus | Regional |
| Colour(s) | Black, white, grey |
| Website | leeton-h |
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Leeton High School (abbreviated asLHS) is agovernment-fundedco-educationalcomprehensivesecondaryday school, located inLeeton in theRiverina region ofNew South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1926 as Leeton's first high school and is now one of three public secondary schools serving theLeeton Shire, the school enrolled approximately 470 students in 2018, fromYear 7 toYear 12, of whom 13 percent identified asIndigenous Australians and nine percent were from alanguage background other than English.[2] The school is operated by theNew South Wales Department of Education; theprincipal is Meagan Crelley.[4]
The school was established on 18 September 1926 asLeeton District School by the Minister for Education,Thomas Mutch.[5][6][7][8]
Raised to the status of Intermediate High School from 1 January 1928, the school was upgraded to a fully comprehensive high school in January 1947.[9][10]
In May 2005, the school was devastated by fire that destroyed the science block.[11] A new state-of-the-art block was opened ahead of schedule in February 2006. In 2007, parts of the school were again devastated by fires.[12] Later in 2007, the school was again devastated by fires, this time destroying the English wing.[13] Work on rebuilding that wing finished in November 2009. There is currently no evidence or official statements to prove if it wasarson.
On 5 April 2015, English and drama teacher Stephanie Scott was raped and murdered on the school grounds by janitor Vincent Stanford.[14] Stanford was later convicted of murder, and sentenced tolife imprisonment without parole.[15] Anamphitheatre was later built in the school as a memorial to her death.[16]
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