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Morro Bay High School
Location
Map
235 Atascadero Rd

Morro Bay
,
California

United States
Information
Established1956
School districtSan Luis Coastal Unified School District
PrincipalScott Schalde
Teaching staff45.01 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment795 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.66[1]
ScheduleAll Classes Daily
Color(s)      Black, White, & Blue
Team namePirates
NewspaperThe Spyglass[2]
Websitehttps://mbhs.slcusd.org/

Morro Bay High School is a four-year public high school located in the city of Morro Bay along the coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.[3]

Students of the school are typically residents of Morro Bay, Los Osos (to the south), and Cayucos (to the north). On average, enrollment ranges from 800 to 900 students a year.[4] The school is roughly 60 meters from the beach (.04 mile) and 228 meters (.14 mile) from the Pacific Ocean.[5]

History

Morro Bay High School was first conceived in 1956 when the city voted bonds for its construction, winning by a ratio of four to one. The school was completed in 1959.[6][7] Initially, the school had served 5 grades throughout the late 60s: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, and 11th Grade.[8][9] Around the late to early 70s the school later followed the common structure of an "American four-year high school".

Health hazards

Being located right next to the ocean, the quad has faced multiple problems regarding seagulls. Problems such as noise pollution, defecation in the quad and outside areas, and misplaced trash have been common complaints in the last decade.[10] According to faculty, the school had been power washed two times before 2016. Since 2017, the school has hired a "birdman" to use predatory birds (hawks, owls, and falcons) to patrol the school, acting as a deterrent to the seagulls.[11] As of now,[when?] this has proved to be effective in clearing the sky of seagulls and keeping the ground clean.[citation needed]

Measure D

In 2014 a $177 million bond was passed to renovate infrastructure of schools in SLCUSD.[12][13] Since 2016, the school has gone through heavy construction with renovations such as renovation of the auto shop,[14] a new pool,[15] student services building (new office), all-weather track,[16] STEAM complex (J Wing Renovation),[17] and New Band and Agriculture Shop Classroom.[18][19] Current renovations have added up to around $12 million. The school anticipates $33 more million worth of construction, with a remodeled cafeteria/multipurpose room,[20] renovation to the quad,[21] renovation of the classrooms,[22] and restoration of the old gym.[23]

Demographics

In 2019, total minority enrollment was 35%, and 31% of students are considered to be economically disadvantaged.[24]

Clubs

  • Art Club
  • AVID
  • Biobuilders (BioTech)
  • Dungeons and Dragons club
  • FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
  • FFA (Future Farmers of America)
  • FNL (Friday Night Live)
  • Environmental Club
  • Interact
  • Kindness Club
  • MBHS Theatre Arts
  • Mock Trial
  • Music History Club
  • S.A.G.A (Sexuality and Gender Acceptance)
  • Surf
  • Tabletop RPG Club
  • Underwater Robotics
  • VEX Robotics Club

Note: these are the clubs as of 2020[25]

Sports

Sports Teams Boys Girls Notable Varsity Achievements and/or Section Championships Won[26][27]
Cross Country Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes (B) CIF SS Champions: 1993, 1994, 1995 (Division IV-AA)

(G) CIF SS Champions: 1982, 1983, 1985 (Div. 1-A), 1994 (Div. IV-AA)

Football Junior Varsity and Varsity (girls accepted) Yes Coed CIF SS Champions: 1995 (Div. XI)

CIF CS Champions: 2021 (Div. VI)

Golf Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes -
Tennis Junior Varsity and Varsity (no boys JV) Yes Yes -
Volleyball Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity. Yes Yes -
Water Polo Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes -
Basketball Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes (B) CIF SS Champions: 1976 (1-A Division)

(G) CIF SS Champions: 1991, 1992, 1999 (Div. IV-AA)

Soccer Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes (B) CIF SS Champions: 1989 (Small School Division), 1995 (co/Div. V)
Wrestling Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes (B) CIF SS Champions: 2009 (Div. VI)
Baseball Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes No -
Softball Junior Varsity and Varsity No Yes -
Stunt Varsity Yes Yes -
Swimming Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes -
Track and Field Junior Varsity and Varsity Yes Yes -

Note: These are the sports running currently as of 2020[28]

Sports leagues

Since 2018, Morro Bay High School has competed in the Central Coast Athletic Association (CCAA), a conference affiliated with the CIF Central Section. The CCAA places each team by sport and gender into one of its two constituent leagues — the upper Mountain League and the lower Ocean League — based on performance.[29] Until the 2017–18 school year, MBHS and neighboring Central Coast schools were part of the CIF Southern Section, a highly competitive grouping whose footprint included around 600 schools stretching from south of Los Angeles to northern San Luis Obispo County.[29][30]

Cross country

Morro Bay hosts a Cross Country Invitational in September yearly, attended by over 30 schools with an attendance of around 900 runners overall. The course is currently 2.7 miles which goes through the school and nearby beach, 1 mile of the 2.7 mile course going through soft sand. The event also features a shorter 2 mile course.[31] The course was currently changed to remove a portion that goes through an area that is near a snowy plover preservation.[32]

Recent changes

Preceding the shift to a Central Section, the varsity team was required to get top in League in order to proceed in Southern League. After League, it was required to get through both Prelims and Finals, where it was required to finish 6th or above out of 12 in order to get to state. Now all teams in the league can get to Finals which has been reduced to one CIF Finals match (finish 6th or above out of 12) in order to proceed to state. This has been done due to the smaller nature of the Central Section compared to the Southern Section.

Notable achievements

Morro Bay had notably been historically dominant in league between the 1980s and early 2010s, winning over 20 league titles in the now-dissolved Los Padres League, going to CIF events more than 25 times in the highly competitive Southern Section, and going to state tournaments over 20 times.[citation needed]

Morro Bay High School has been referenced in the 2015 American sports drama film McFarland, USA in a scene in which Palo Alto, McFarland, and another school compete. Contrary to popular belief, Morro Bay was a historical rival to McFarland in cross country in state meets prior to the 2000s, more so than Palo Alto, having met McFarland at state over 15 times.[33][failed verification]

In 1993, Morro Bay lost to McFarland by 2 points. In 1994, Morro Bay tied with McFarland for first but lost due to a tiebreaker decided by the 6th runner. MBHS then lost first place again the next year for state to McFarland, finishing second.[34][35][36] Throughout the late '80s, '90s, and 2000s, both schools had consistently met at the state competition, placing above or below each other in Division VI.

The school, historically in the Southern Section, has gone to CIF State XC in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2013.[37][38][39][34][40][41][42][43][44]

Wrestling

Morro Bay High School has notably hosted the Sam Boyd California Invitational Tournament, one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in California, hosting over 90 teams and over 980 wrestlers from California and out-of-state Nevada annually.[45][46][47][48] The wrestling team has shown to be a top contender in this event notably finishing 7th out of 90 schools in 2019.[49]

Academic reputation

Morro Bay High School as of 2019 is ranked the 649th out of 2,494 high schools in California (4,424th nationally) by U.S News's metric. In October 2017, it was ranked the 475th best high school in California (2,432nd nationally) by Newsweek. It was previously ranked the 432nd best High School in the 2011 Newsweek article titled "America's Best High Schools",[50] and was reported to have the highest average SAT score (2245 out of 2400) amongst these schools. The LA Times, however, reported that the average SAT score at the school was 1649.[51]

In 2006, Morro Bay High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.[citation needed]

In 2005 and 2009 and 2013, Morro Bay High School was accredited as a California Distinguished School by WASC.

The graduation rate at the school is 95% according to USnews.[52]

References

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  2. ^ https://mbspyglass.org The Spyglass
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  5. ^ "International Student Information - SLO County | AmeriStudent". StudentRoomStay Concierge. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. ^ "HISTORY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY Site created and maintained by Lynne Landwehr". historyinslocounty.org. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  7. ^ "A Timeline – Historical Society of Morro Bay". Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  8. ^ "1961 Morro Bay High School Yearbook". classmates.com. 1969.
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