- East Leyden High School
East Leyden High School is a
secondary school located inFranklin Park, Illinois which educates grades 9-12.Together with
West Leyden High School inNorthlake, Illinois , they serve the suburban communities in Franklin Park, Northlake, Rosemont, Schiller Park, River Grove, Melrose Park and unincorporated Leyden Township. Both are partLeyden High School District 212 .The school
mascot is theeagle . As of 2005, theschool principal is Dr. Beth Concanon. The school enrolls approximately 1880 students annually, 32% being of Hispanic descent.Notable alumni
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Jonathan Cain , a keyboardist and songwriter from the American rock band Journey. [http://www.jonathancain.com/bio.htm]
*Tom Dore , play-by-play announcer for theChicago Bulls [http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/dore_bio_010306.html]
*Mike Shanahan , head coach of theDenver Broncos
*Glen Grunwald , former general manager of theToronto Raptors
*Brenda Barnes , CEO Sara Lee Foods; Former CEO (and first female head) ofPepsiCo
*Ned Colletti ,Los Angeles Dodgers general manager
*Robert J. Irsuto , prominent criminal defense attorney in Chicagocandals
Recent years have revealed several incidents of student-teacher sexual misconduct.
* McQueen Basil Duncantell, social studies teacher, allegedly engaged in a relationship with a student that culminated in at least five encounters on school grounds alone. [http://beep.dailyherald.com/story.aspx?story=1643]
* Dave VanDixhorn, girl's softball coach resigned after allegedly exposing himself (mooning) to a student. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050616/ai_n14695781]External links
* [http://www.leyden212.org/ East Leyden High School website]
* [http://illinois.schooltree.org/public/East-Leyden-High-027341.html East Leyden High School profile] , provided by schooltree.org
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