International High School (New Jersey)
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International High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson
, New Jersey
, United States
, that serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Paterson Public Schools
. The school is intended to create an educational environment that "respects diversity and celebrates the multicultural atmosphere of Paterson".
(SCC) in May 2004 for $6.3 million to house students while buildings it was developing were being constructed.
The school's new 113500 square feet (10,544.5 m²) building opened in September 2008 for its 420 students, a few days after school started, due to some last-minute delays. The SCC estimated that the building would cost $31.9 million when it was first proposed in 2001. The SCC approved the project in October 2004, estimating that the building would be completed by 2006 at a cost of $29.6 million. By the time the building was completed in 2008, the final cost had ballooned to $49 million. The Schools Development Authority (successor to the SCC), awarded a $35.5 million construction contract in 2006, with technology upgrades adding an additional $3 million, and another $2 million for environmental work and demolition. Problems with the fire alarm system were anticipated to take several weeks to resolve after the building opened, and Paterson fire marshals were being paid $1,500 per day to patrol the school until the problems with the system are resolved.
The new building includes a two-floor library, four science labs, five soundproof music practice rooms, two gymnasia and an outdoor athletic field, a 500-seat auditorium and 15 classrooms. The new facility, which sits on a steep hill underneath the highway has triple pane windows to keep out the noise from Interstate 80
located just 20 feet (6.1 m) away from the building.
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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, that serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Paterson Public Schools
Paterson Public Schools
The Paterson Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Paterson, New Jersey, United States...
. The school is intended to create an educational environment that "respects diversity and celebrates the multicultural atmosphere of Paterson".
Building
Since its establishment in 2001 with an enrollment of 160 students, the school has occupied several leased sites, the final one being the former Don Bosco Technical High School, which had been purchased by the New Jersey Schools Construction CorporationNew Jersey Schools Construction Corporation
The New Jersey Schools Development Authority is a public agency in New Jersey that is responsible for implementing an overhaul of the educational infrastructure of hundreds of schools in districts throughout all 21 counties of the State of New Jersey...
(SCC) in May 2004 for $6.3 million to house students while buildings it was developing were being constructed.
The school's new 113500 square feet (10,544.5 m²) building opened in September 2008 for its 420 students, a few days after school started, due to some last-minute delays. The SCC estimated that the building would cost $31.9 million when it was first proposed in 2001. The SCC approved the project in October 2004, estimating that the building would be completed by 2006 at a cost of $29.6 million. By the time the building was completed in 2008, the final cost had ballooned to $49 million. The Schools Development Authority (successor to the SCC), awarded a $35.5 million construction contract in 2006, with technology upgrades adding an additional $3 million, and another $2 million for environmental work and demolition. Problems with the fire alarm system were anticipated to take several weeks to resolve after the building opened, and Paterson fire marshals were being paid $1,500 per day to patrol the school until the problems with the system are resolved.
The new building includes a two-floor library, four science labs, five soundproof music practice rooms, two gymnasia and an outdoor athletic field, a 500-seat auditorium and 15 classrooms. The new facility, which sits on a steep hill underneath the highway has triple pane windows to keep out the noise from Interstate 80
Interstate 80 in New Jersey
Interstate 80 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States, running from the New York City Metropolitan Area westward to San Francisco, California...
located just 20 feet (6.1 m) away from the building.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Robina Puryear-Castro, Principal
- Stanley Sumter, Vice Principal
External links
- International High School
- Paterson School District
- Data for the Paterson Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...