Silsbee High School | |
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Location | |
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1575 Hwy 96 North Silsbee, Texas , Hardin County 77656 United States | |
Coordinates | 30°20′38″N94°09′11″W / 30.344°N 94.153°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Opened | 2000 |
School district | Silsbee Independent School District |
Principal | Scott Schwartz |
Teaching staff | 62.50 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 825 (2023–2024) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.20 [1] |
Color(s) | Maroon and white |
Mascot | Tiger |
Newspaper | Focus |
Website |
Silsbee High School is a public high school in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas. It is the only high school in the Silsbee Independent School District. Their mascot is the Tiger.
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The school and the school district have been criticized for expelling a cheerleader from the school's cheerleading squad because of her refusal to cheer for a basketball player who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her. The charges were dropped down to assault a year later and the player was given probation. School officials also encouraged the victim to "keep a low profile" and avoid the school cafeteria.[ citation needed ]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in November 2010 that the victim — who is identified only as H.S. — had no right to refuse to applaud her attacker, because as a cheerleader in uniform, she was an agent of the school. The Fifth Circuit dismissed her case as "frivolous" and sanctioned the girl, ordering her family to pay the school district's $35,000–45,000 legal fees. [2] [3] [4] A later judgment ruled that one of the claims was not frivolous and ordered the amount owed recalculated based on this finding. [5] The Supreme Court declined to review the case.[ citation needed ]
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