Big Foot High School

Big Foot High School (BFHS) is a comprehensive four-year public highschool located in South Central Walworth County in the Village of
Walworth. A union high school, BFHS operates as a grade9-12 district with students coming from four K-8 districts. BFHS isgoverned by a separate, elected five-member board of education. TheBFHS union district serves families from the villages of Fontana,Sharon and Walworth; and the townships of Walworth, Delavan, Linn andSharon.

BFHS is named after the Potawatomi Indian Chief Big Foot(Maumksuck) who lived along the banks of Geneva Lake (originallyknown as Big Foot Lake) until his tribe was relocated by the UnitedStates government in 1836.

Statistics

*Enrollment: 566 (2007-08)
*District Administrator: Mrs. Dorothy Kaufmann
*Principal: Mr. Mike "Money Mad" Hinske
*Assistant Principal: Mr. Brian Lawton
*Coeducational: Yes
*Colors: Scarlet and Silver

External links

* [http://www.bigfoot.k12.wi.us/ Official site]
* [http://www.weac.org/BARGAIN/2006-07/nov06/bigfoot2.htm Article about Administrator Tom Nykl's Mistake]
* [http://www.gazetteextra.com/nykl050107.asp Nykl should be fired, residents say
* [http://www.gazetteextra.com/nykl050307.asp Petition calls for dismissal of Big Foot Superintendent
* [http://www.lakegenevanews.net/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-05-24&-token.story=193993.112112&-token.subpub=. Nykl resignshttp://gazettextra.com/news/2007/dec/04/party-bust-mirrors-rock-county-fine-linecase/