Killingly High School

Killingly High School
Killingly High School
Address
226 Putnam Pike
Killingly, Connecticut 06241
United States
Coordinates 41°51′36″N 71°52′24″W / 41.8600°N 71.8732°W / 41.8600; -71.8732Coordinates: 41°51′36″N 71°52′24″W / 41.8600°N 71.8732°W / 41.8600; -71.8732
Information
Type Public high school
Motto Great Things Happen Here!
School district Killingly School District
Superintendent Steven Rioux
CEEB code 070135
NCES School ID 090207000392[1]
Principal Elise Guari
Faculty 65.15 (FTE)
Grades 9 to 12
Gender coed
Enrollment 792[1] (2014–2015)
Campus type Rural
Athletics conference Eastern Connecticut Conference[2]
Mascot The Redmen
Website www.killinglyschools.org/site/default.aspx?domainid=52

Killingly High School is a public high school in Killingly, Connecticut, United States. The school reported 792 students and 65 FTE classroom teachers for the 2014–2015 school year.[1] Killingly High is the only public high school in the Killingly School District, which is on the eastern edge of Windham County.

For 2015, the community voted to make the school the sole polling place in Killingly.[3] The Secretary of State informed the town registrar's office that this was a misinterpretation of statute, and in 2016, a second polling place was opened at the school's old location.[4]

In 2014 school officials began discussing changing the school's mascot name, The Redmen, in response to controversy over Native American mascots.[5] Sports at the school are done as part of the Eastern Connecticut Conference.[2]

Killingly High was included in a segment of the reality TV series The Principal's Office in 2009.[6]

Old Killingly High School was built in 1908 and used by the school until 1960. The second building was then used until 2010, and continues to act as the site of an alternative learning program and the school district's central office. The first building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992[7] and is now the town's community center.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Killingly High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Leagues". Conn. Interscholastic Athletic Conf. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Penney, John (August 12, 2015). "Killingly High School now town's single polling place". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Penney, John (March 28, 2016). "Killingly adding back a polling location". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ Rayner, Kate (September 16, 2014). "Killingly to Reconsider Mascot in Light of National Controversy". NBC Connecticut. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Penney, John (January 9, 2009). "Killingly High principal resigns". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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