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Adelanto High School is a comprehensive high school of the Victor Valley Union High School District, in Adelanto, California, in the Inland Empire region.

The mascot of the athletic teams is the Saints.[1]

History

It was the first high school to be built in Adelanto; previously students attended high schools in Victorville. By 2008 area residents wanted a local high school, and the Victorville high schools were above capacity. That year the majority of the citizens in Adelanto voted in favor of building the school.[2] The name of an area youth football league, the Saints, became the high school's mascot.[1]

The principal architect was Mark Graham of WLC Architects. According to Brooke Self of the Victorville Daily Press, it was one of the largest campuses in the State of California.[1] The opening was originally scheduled for August 2012; delays revised the opening times to January 2013 and August 2013. Area residents complained that the VVUSD board was uninterested in having the school open.[2] According to the district, it lacked money to open the campus even though the construction was just about finished in 2012. Its dedication was in April 2014, and ultimately it was to open on August 16, 2014 with an expected initial enrollment of 1,600-1,800 students.[1] The school, which enrolled grades 9-11 in its first year, had 1,137 enrolled students at that time. Silverado High School in Victorville was to be relieved upon Adelanto High's opening.[3]

Campus

The 58-acre (23 ha) campus includes a 322,000-square-foot (29,900 m2), 110-classroom school building with a planned capacity of about 3,600 students. Athletic facilities include a three-court gymnasium for basketball and a 50 metres (160 ft) Olympic-size swimming pool, classrooms for health courses, and weight, wrestling, and dance rooms, with six locker rooms supporting the athletes and other students. Other facilities include automotive class facilities, a career center, band rooms, choir rooms, a performing arts and black box drama center with a capacity of 525 people, a media center, five computer labs, culinary courses classrooms, and technology classrooms. The school also has a dedicated career center.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Self, Brooke (2014-04-26). "Massive Adelanto High campus dedicated; set to open in fall 2014". Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved 2019-05-11. And for the past two years that school was nearly built and ready to open, if not for a lack of funds to keep it fully staffed and operational, district officials said. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Hagen, Ryan (2013-04-21). "Adelanto High School opening delayed again". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2019-05-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Self, Brooke (2014-04-22). "Adelanto High School grand opening planned for Saturday". Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved 2019-05-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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