Herbert Hoover High School (West Virginia)

Infobox School
name = Herbert Hoover High School

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imagesize = 250px
motto = "Promoting Achievements and Creating Successes at Herbert Hoover High School"
established = September, 1963
type = Public
district = Kanawha County School District
grades = 9 - 12
principal = Roy Jones
faculty = 69
colors = Scarlet & Royal Blue
mascot = Husky
location = Clendenin, West Virginia
website = [http://kcs.kana.k12.wv.us/herberthoover/ Husky Country]

Herbert Hoover High School (commonly abbreviated HHHS) is a public high school in Clendenin, West Virginia. The current principal is Mr. Roy Jones, who has been with the school since 2003.

Herbert Hoover High School claims to be a "magnet school for technology" (i.e. a school to attract students by the use of technology in many classes), but in 2006 Herbert Hoover lost this status.

History

The construction of Herbert Hoover High School was completed in September 1963. It was first renovated in 1970 when the Little Theater was added. The second renovation occurred when Kanawha County Schools implemented the middle school concept in the summer of 1991. A Commons Area and additional classrooms were added at this time as well as additions to the library. Nine portables were placed behind the school to handle the addition of 9th graders.

The Flood of 1997, which washed away part of the bank behind the school and put three inches of water throughout the building, brought about the renovation of the gym and some of the portables. Another flood occurred in the summer of 1998 and resulted in some minor damage to the gym floor. A new auxiliary gym was added in 2002.

The library was again renovated in 1998 to make room for one of the new WV Success Computer Labs. Other labs were added, eventually, bringing the total to seven labs. Then several labs were taken away to make room for more classrooms, decreasing the total number of labs to three and one mobile lab. A Distance Learning Lab was implemented in 2003.

In 2001, the county removed three of the nine portables. Two others were moved out during the summer of 2002. Yet another two were removed during the summer of 2006. The only one that remains is used for the Junior ROTC program.

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