Conifer High School
| Conifer High School | |
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Conifer High School, view from US-285
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| Address | |
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10441 County Highway 73 Conifer, Colorado 80433 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°31′40.53″N 105°19′0.99″W / 39.5279250°N 105.3169417°WCoordinates: 39°31′40.53″N 105°19′0.99″W / 39.5279250°N 105.3169417°W |
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| Type | Comprehensive public high school |
| Established | August 19, 1996 |
| Founded | 1996 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| NCES District ID | 0804800 |
| Superintendent | Dan McMinimee |
| NCES School ID | 080480001542 |
| Principal | Wesley Paxton |
| Staff | 52 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 825 (2013–2014) |
| • Grade 9 | 210 |
| • Grade 10 | 188 |
| • Grade 11 | 216 |
| • Grade 12 | 211 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.87 |
| Schedule type | Block |
| Hours in school day | 7:35 AM – 2:35 PM |
| Campus size | 105 acres (424,920 m2) |
| Color(s) | Forest green, silver and black |
| Athletics | 3A/4A |
| Athletics conference | Jefferson County |
| Sports | Baseball, basketball (men's and women's), cross country (men's and women's), football, golf (men's and women's), lacrosse (men's and women's), soccer (men's and women's), softball, swimming and diving (men's and women's), tennis (men's and women's), track (men's and women's), volleyball, wrestling |
| Mascot |
Lobos 
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| Team name | Lobos |
| Rival | Evergreen High School (athletics) |
| Transitional Colorado Assessment Program average |
Math (2013) 61.0 Reading (2013) 82.0 |
| Yearbook | Canis Lupus |
| Website | School website |
Math (2013) 61.0
Conifer High School is a secondary school in Conifer, an unincorporated town located in the foothills of Jefferson County, southwest of Denver, Colorado, United States. The school is located about 20 minutes southwest of SH 470 and a short distance north of U.S. Highway 285.
Conifer High School opened in the fall of 1996 to serve students in the southern portion of what had previously been Evergreen High School's matriculation area. The area encompasses a large part of southwestern Jefferson County, including the communities of Aspen Park, Buffalo Creek, Pine, and Pine Junction, as well as parts of southern Evergreen and southwestern Morrison.
The land for the school campus was acquired in a county action of eminent domain, which gives landowners the choice of either a county purchase of the land or condemning the property. One parcel was a picnic area named "Rancho Lobo;" when it came time to choose a mascot, the vote decided upon the Lobos.
The opening of the school coincided with changes in the divisions of secondary, junior high, and elementary schools for the district. This meant that the first year of students consisted of eleventh grade students who had attended Evergreen High School during the previous year, and two classes of "freshmen" in ninth and tenth grade students from West Jefferson Middle School. The first year had no senior class; the first graduating class was in 1998.
In September 2014, the school gained notoriety when many teachers called in sick in response to pending actions by the Jefferson County School District. These included possible censorship of the AP US History curriculum as well as a lack of transparency in a new performance-based pay system for teachers. The following week, students and teachers at several other Jefferson County Schools joined in vocal response to the district.
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