Ellwood P. Cubberley High School

Ellwood P. Cubberley High School
Location
Palo Alto, California
United States
Coordinates 37°25′04″N 122°06′27″W / 37.417874°N 122.107544°W / 37.417874; -122.107544Coordinates: 37°25′04″N 122°06′27″W / 37.417874°N 122.107544°W / 37.417874; -122.107544
Information
Type Public high school
Opened 1956
Closed 1979
School district Palo Alto Unified School District
Grades 9–12 (1975 – 1979); 10 – 12, (1956 – 1975)
Athletics conference SPAL
CIF Central Coast Section
Team name Cougars
Newspaper The Cubberley Catamount
Communities served Palo Alto

Ellwood P. Cubberley High School (1956–1979) known locally as "Cubberley", was one of three public high schools in Palo Alto, California. The site of the closed school is now named Cubberley Community Center and used as a community center and used for many diverse activities.

History

Opened in 1956, Cubberley High was located at 4000 Middlefield Road.[1] The high school was named after Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, the Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education and pioneer of educational administration.

The school was finally closed in 1979 as a reaction to declining enrollment and decreased revenues following Proposition 13.[2] The other local high schools Gunn High School and Palo Alto High School had been created on friendly land transfers from Stanford University and if educational use was to be terminated, the land would revert to the university for the value at the time of transfer. The Palo Alto Unified School District board, requiring an infusion of cash, determined Cubberley could be sold at more contemporary rates. Later it was discovered that it could only be sold to a non-profit organization. That has resulted in part of the campus being converted into the Cubberley Community Center, on an annual lease from the school district to the City of Palo Alto.[2]

The Cubberley Cougars competed in the SPAL of the CIF Central Coast Section.The school won its only CCS Championship in track and field in 1979, just days before it would close forever.[3]

Cubberley was the scene of The Third Wave (experiment) by teacher Ron Jones in 1967, which was an elaborate social experiment to better understand fascism.[4] The experiment was later portrayed in a film and television.

A KQED (TV) special program from 1970 features a three-day teaching conference at Cubberley High School that focused on ecology and population issues.[1]

Notable alumni

This is listed in order by occupation, and listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Athletics

Arts and entertainment

Authors and journalists

Business

Law

  • Bruce Fein (Class of 1965), constitutional law attorney

Religion

Notable faculty

  • George Hurley, NFL offensive lineman, Cubberley football coach, taught wood shop, and driving
  • Ron Jones, author and creator of The Third Wave social experiment

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Teach-In at Cubberly (1970) - San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive". The San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive. San Francisco State University (SFSU), Academic Technology, DIVA. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  2. 1 2 Bowling, Matt (2007). "Archived copy "The Cubberley Closing: A Tough Call"". The Palo Alto History Project. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Bill Green was more than just a remarkable sprinter". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ Klink, Bill (1967-04-21). "'Third Wave' presents look into Fascism". Cubberley Catamount News. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑ "Bill Green was more than just a remarkable sprinter". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Art Kuehn Statistics on JustSportsStats.com". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  7. ↑ "Tom Melvin - The Pro Football Archives". www.profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  8. ↑ http://www.ritcheylogic.com
  9. ↑ "How cycling pioneer Tom Ritchey got back in the saddle". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Michael Finney | ABC7 KGO News Team". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  11. ↑ Somers, Janet (29 July 2005). "Michael Finney is rolling along, right by 'Your Side'". The Chronicle.
  12. ↑ "Around Town". Palo Alto Onlie. 1996. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
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