George F. Baker High School
| George F. Baker High School | |
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Front of school building, 2008 | |
| Address | |
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NY 17 Tuxedo Park, New York 10987 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°11′18″N 74°11′06″W / 41.18833°N 74.18500°W |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public school |
| School district | Tuxedo Union Free School District |
| Principal | Jason Schrammel |
| Staff | 28[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 120[1] |
| • Grade 9 | 17[1] |
| • Grade 10 | 23[1] |
| • Grade 11 | 15[1] |
| • Grade 12 | 26[1] |
| Average class size | 18[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14[1] |
| Language | English |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Red, white, and black |
| Athletics | Men - soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball; women - soccer, volleyball, softball |
| Athletics conference | Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association |
| Mascot | Tuxedo Tornado |
| Rival | S.S. Seward |
| Communities served | Towns of Tuxedo |
| Feeder schools | George G. Mason School |
| Website | GFB |
George F. Baker High School is the public secondary school educating students in grades 7 through 12 in the Tuxedo Union Free School District. It is located on NY 17 in Tuxedo, New York, United States, near the gates of the village Tuxedo Park.
It educates students from the town of Tuxedo and the village, as well as those from the Greenwood Lake school district in the nearby Town of Warwick. The school imposed a demanding all-Regents curriculum on students before the state Education Department began requiring it.[2]
In 2007 the school's future was seriously challenged when voters in the Greenwood Lake and Warwick districts considered the former's proposal to send its high school students to Warwick instead of Tuxedo. Had it passed, Baker would have lost 80% of its students and the district would have had to consider closing the school and sending its own students to another district's high school, possibly Suffern. Greenwood Lake voters approved the plan, but it was rejected in Warwick.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "New York State School Report Card, 2006-07, Accountability and Overview Information for George F. Baker High School" (PDF).
- ↑ "About Our School". George F. Baker Tuxedo High School. 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ↑ King, Matt (December 13, 2007). "Warwick voters defeat high school referendum". Times-Herald Record. Ottaway Community Newspapers. Retrieved March 14, 2009.