Chowchilla Union High School District

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Chowchilla Union High School District
Address
805 Humboldt Avenue
Chowchilla
, California, 93610
United States
District information
TypePublic
Grades9–12 [1]
NCES District ID 0608550 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,098 [1]
Teachers48.25 [1]
Staff69.65 [1]
Student–teacher ratio22.76 [1]
Other information
Website www.chowchillahigh.k12.ca.us

Chowchilla Union High School District (CUHSD) is a school district headquartered in Chowchilla, California. It operates Chowchilla Union High School and the continuation school Gateway. Its feeder elementary districts are Alview-Dairyland Union School District and Chowchilla Elementary School District. [2]

The district board agreed to change the high school mascot to the "tribe" in 2016; it was previously the "redskin" but controversies around Native American sports mascots caused the board to re-examine it. The previous year the State of California passed a law banning public schools using obvious Native American names. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Chowchilla Union High". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. "About CUHSD". Chowchilla Union High School District. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. Andrea Figueroa Briseño (2016-11-07). "Chowchilla High School board changes controversial Redskin mascot". Fresno Bee . Retrieved 2020-06-15.