Hoover High School (San Diego, California)

at 4474 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego , 92115 United States

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Herbert Hoover High School is a comprehensive, public secondary school located in the Talmadge neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It is the high school from which baseball player Ted Williams graduated.It is one of the oldest schools in San Diego.HistoryThe school was established in 1930 and named in honor of then U.S. President Herbert Hoover. The first principal was Floyd Johnson. It originally opened as a beige stucco building with a red-tile roof and unreinforced concrete, giving it a Spanish-style appearance. As part of a tradition related to signing their yearbooks, 12th grade (senior) students climbed a tower that became a signature defining aspect of the campus.The school underwent renovations in the early 1970s. The tower and other architectural features were erased by the renovation.As of 2004 Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Douglas Williams, the authors of "Five Years Later," stated that prior to 1998 Hoover was known as the "ghetto school" of San Diego USD, and that schools with higher academic performances poached the best students from Hoover. Adam Berman, who previously taught at Hoover, wrote that in 1988 Hoovert had low teacher morale, acts of violence, and a large rate of student dropouts in addition to the poor academic performance.The school joined the City Heights Educational Initiative, along with two other high schools and San Diego State University, in 1998 as part of an effort to improve. In 2000 the school met its California state accountability target. This is the first time it had done so in 15 years. Circa 2000 Berman, by then a California Department of Education employee, wrote an independent review of the changes done at Hoover. The review, titled "A focus on literacy: Hoover High School in San Diego," was published in the California High School Newsletter.

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Hoover High School (San Diego, California) is San Diego based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 4474 El Cajon Boulevard CA 92115. Contact phone number of Hoover High School (San Diego, California): 619-3444500