Dallas High School (Dallas, Pennsylvania)

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Dallas High School
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Address
Dallas High School (Dallas, Pennsylvania)
2000 Conyngham Avenue

, ,
18612

Coordinates 41°20′27″N75°57′05″W / 41.34083°N 75.95139°W / 41.34083; -75.95139
Information
Type Public
Established1961
School district Dallas School District
PrincipalGreg Riley (2019)
Faculty58 teachers (2015) [1]
Grades 9 to 12
Number of pupils888 pupils (2016) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.6
Color(s)Blue and White   
Athletics conference PIAA District 2
Wyoming Valley Conference
Nickname Mountaineers
Website https://sites.google.com/dsdhs.com/district

Dallas High School is a public high school located in Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States. In 2016, enrollment was reported as 888 pupils in 9th through 12th grades. [3] The school employed 58 teachers. [4] Dallas High School is the sole high school operated by the Dallas School District.

Contents

Dallas High School students may choose to attend the West Side Area Vocational Technical School for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Luzerne Intermediate Unit IU18 provides Dallas High School with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

The Dallas School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program. [5] [6]

Athletics

The district funds:

Varsity

According to PIAA directory July 2016 [7]

Dallas High School has won PIAA State Championships in football (1993), girls' cross country (2003, 2005, 2014), boys cross country (2015, 2016), girls' soccer (2007), and men's diving (2005, 2006). Dallas also has won many District 2 and Wyoming Valley Conference titles. A lacrosse team was also adopted for the 2009 season.

Scandals

In 2010, Dallas High School was the subject of a report by the Pennsylvania Auditor General. The report found that a former guidance counselor, John Wolensky, had misappropriated more than fifty thousand dollars in school funds. The Auditor General lays blame at the feet of superintendent Frank Galicki for lack of proper oversight. [8]

In 2012, man, a special education teacher at Dallas Middle School, resigned after he was found to have taken lewd photographs of special education students. Shuga was subsequently charged with invasion of privacy. [9]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. PDE, Dallas High School Fast Facts 2016, October 2016
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