| Silsbee High School | |
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| Location | |
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1575 Hwy 96 North Silsbee, Texas ,Hardin County 77656 United States | |
| Coordinates | 30°20′38″N94°09′11″W / 30.344°N 94.153°W /30.344; -94.153 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 2000 |
| School district | Silsbee Independent School District |
| Principal | Scott Schwartz |
| Teaching staff | 62.50 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 825 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.20[1] |
| Colors | Maroon and white |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Newspaper | Focus |
| Website | [1] |
Silsbee High School is apublichigh school inSilsbee,Hardin County,Texas. It is the only high school in theSilsbee Independent School District. Theirmascot is theTiger.
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The school and the school district have been criticized for expelling a cheerleader from the school's cheerleading squad because of her refusal to cheer for a basketball player who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her. The charges were dropped down to assault a year later and the player was given probation. School officials also encouraged the victim to "keep a low profile" and avoid the school cafeteria.[citation needed]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in November 2010 that the victim — who is identified only as H.S. — had no right to refuse to applaud her attacker, because as a cheerleader in uniform, she was an agent of the school. The Fifth Circuit dismissed her case as "frivolous" and sanctioned the girl, ordering her family to pay the school district's $35,000–45,000 legal fees.[2][3][4] A later judgment ruled that one of the claims was not frivolous and ordered the amount owed recalculated based on this finding.[5] The Supreme Court declined to review the case.[citation needed]
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