Encinal High School
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210 Central Avenue Alameda, California 94501 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Go Jets! |
| Established | 1952 |
| Principal | Kirsten Zazo |
| Faculty | Approximately 60 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1,300 |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and white |
| Mascot | Jet |
| Information | (510)748-4023: Phone (510)521-4956: Fax |
| Website | http://ehs.alamedausd.ca.schoolloop.com/ |
Coordinates: 37°46′22.7″N 122°17′21.37″W / 37.772972°N 122.2892694°W
Encinal High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 6-12. It is located in Alameda, California, United States, and is part of the Alameda Unified School District.
The school was one of several in the Alameda district that was said to face closure depending on the success or failure of Measure E, a $150-per-parcel property tax increase voted on by mail-in ballot. Measure E was defeated when it failed to garner the required two-thirds majority; however, the school did reopen in fall 2010.
The student body is 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 39% Asian, 15% Hispanic or Latino, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% multiple ethnicity or no response, according to the California Department of Education, for the 2005-2006 school year.
¢ On April 1, 2010, about 200 students attending Encinal High School staged a "teach-in" protest in light of possible further budget cuts from the AUSD and closure of the school. Teachers and students planned a series of classes that were divided into two sessions with a break in between that included free food (from the Barbeque Club) and live music from certain Encinal staff members. Most of the classes were led by teachers, but two were taught by seniors (including a "no boundaries" music class led by Matt Ortega). The students who attended showcased their Jet Pride by participating in a variety of unique classes including how to make salt water taffy through chemistry, protest poetry and art, a music class with no musical boundaries, and cow eyeball dissection. A small point that the coordinators of this event wanted to get across was the date that was chosen for it: April 1, 2010 was the Thursday before Encinal's spring break began.
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