West Bend high schools

The city of West Bend, Wisconsin hosts two different high schools, West and East, on the same campus.

Although these two high schools have different students, teachers, principals, and sports teams, they share the same building. If the high schools remain separated, more students are allowed to participate in various co-curricular activities. In athletics, East and West participate in the Wisconsin Little Ten conference together. The mascots for the schools are the West Bend West Spartans and the West Bend East Suns. The fact that these two schools are in the same conference for sports sets the scene for some very heated rivalries. These two high schools also share an auditorium, music department, gymnasium complex, and natatorium. As of recently, there has been debate to merge the two schools, which would take away some of the school's much needed funding.

School selection

Since West Bend East and West share the same school district, there is a special process to determine attendance. For all incoming freshmen without any older siblings, the division is made using birth date. If a student is born on an even day of the month, then he or she will attend West Bend East. If a student celebrates his or her birthday on an odd date, he or she will attend West Bend West. Students can however, in the end, choose which school they would like to go to.

The problem is there are seven more odd days than even days in a year, as there are seven months with 31 days, four with 30, and one with 28. The proposed solution was to make 3 odd days honorary even days, which becomes more complicated than the original random assignment. As for students with brothers or sisters already in high school, they will follow their eldest sibling; therefore, children from one family will attend one high school.

External links

* [http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/west/index.htm West Bend West High School homepage]
* [http://www.wbhsbands.net/ West Bend High School Bands]