Wheaton Warrenville South High School
| Wheaton Warrenville South High School | |
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1993 Tiger Trail Wheaton, Illinois 60189 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′58″N 88°08′56″W / 41.83278°N 88.14889°WCoordinates: 41°49′58″N 88°08′56″W / 41.83278°N 88.14889°W |
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| School type | Public secondary |
| Motto |
Semper Tigris (always a tiger) |
| Opened | 1876 |
| School district | Comm. Unit S.D. 200 |
| Superintendent | Jeff Schuler |
| Principal | David Claypool |
| Staff | 35 (support) |
| Teaching staff | 178 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 2,218 (2013) |
| Average class size | 23.7 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| School color(s) |
orange black |
| Slogan | Commitment, Integrity, Scholarship, Tradition |
| Athletics conference | DuPage Valley Conference |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Average ACT scores (2013) | 23.4 |
| Publication | South Spoken |
| Newspaper | The Pride |
| Yearbook | Tigris |
| Website | www |
Wheaton Warrenville South High School (WWSHS), locally referred to as "South", is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield and Wiesbrook Roads in the southwest corner of Wheaton, Illinois. It is one of two high schools that are part of Community Unit School District 200, the other being Wheaton North High School.
The school has had a long history, during which it has had four names, and is considered the successor to a school with a similar name. The school is known for its academic and athletic accomplishments, its alumni include astronomer Edwin Hubble, football player Red Grange, comedian John Belushi and actor James Belushi.
The history of Wheaton Warrenville High School can be traced back to the original high school in Wheaton, Wheaton High School, which opened in 1876. In 1925, the school was relocated to a new building which would eventually become Hubble Middle School, and changed its name to Wheaton Community High School.
In October 1946, the school's cafeteria was largely destroyed by a fire that was blamed on a recently installed Coca-Cola vending machine.
In 1964, with the completion of its sister school, Wheaton North, the school was again renamed, Wheaton Central High School.
By 1967, overcrowding became an issue at Wheaton Central. In late 1967, the school board proposed a redistricting move that would send all Warrenville students to the newer Wheaton North building. In January 1968, the board approved bussing underclass students in Warrenville to Wheaton North, and allowing upperclassmen the choice of either school.
The current building that houses Wheaton Warrenville South was opened in 1973, and operated as Wheaton-Warrenville High School from 1973—83. By 1982, it was clear that the high school population in the district was shrinking, and there would be a need to close either the older, tradition rich Wheaton Central, or the newer, but smaller Wheaton-Warrenville. In June 1982, the school board voted 6–1 to close Wheaton-Warrenville High School, effective at the end of the 1982—83 school year. In response, there was a request for a mass transfer of all students from Wheaton-Warrenville High to either of the two other schools, and forcing more changes at the other schools. When the request for the mass transfer was not granted by the board, a group of Warrenville parents began threatening to secede from the district. In January 1983, the parent group presented a petition signed by over 75% of the registered voters of Warrenville to approve detaching from the district. The movement to split from the district eventually moved to the courts. Without even hearing the school board's argument, the judge ruled against the parents group. The issue finally came to an end when the DuPage Valley Regional Board of School Trustees voted 5–2 to reject the secession bid.
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