James I. O'Neill High School
Address
21 Morgan Rd.

Highland Falls
,
New York
10928

United States
Coordinates41°21′06″N 73°58′31″W / 41.351658°N 73.975407°W / 41.351658; -73.975407
Information
Opened1971
School districtHighland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District
School numberNCES: 361443001196
State: 440901040003
CEEB code332375
PrincipalRobin Haberman
Teaching staff44.34 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment506 (2018–19)[1]
Average class size21[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.41[1]
Hours in school day11 periods
Color(s)Maroon, White, Gold
Fight songIndian Fight song
Athletics2019 Section 9 Champions: Girls' Soccer, Boys' and Girls' Cross Country
MascotRaiders (Indian Raiders)
NicknameO'Neill
Team nameRaiders
NewspaperRaider Review
Communities servedHighland Falls, Fort Montgomery, West Point
Garrison (sent by home district)
USMC (under contract)
Formerly Saint Basil Academy
Websitewww.hffmcsd.org

James I. O'Neill High School is a public high school in Highland Falls, New York and a part of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District.

History

James I. O'Neill High School opened in 1971, replacing the existing Highland Falls High School on Mountain Avenue in Highland Falls. In 2019, contracts were awarded for the first major improvements to the school since its original building, including new playing fields, tennis courts, and classroom improvements.[3]

In September 2004 O'Neill was still taking students from Saint Basil Academy who were not from families resident in New York State. At the time the academy was embroiled in a controversy over where it should send its students to school, as the academy no longer had its own in-house school, and whether it needed to pay for the tuition.[4]

In 2021, 190 children living on-post at United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point attended O'Neill. In 2021 the agency at West Point announced that the bid to educate West Point High School students would be competitive,[5] In March 2022 the O'Neill contract was renewed.[6]

Service area

The Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery district, of which O'Neill is the sole comprehensive high school, includes most of the town of Highlands and portions of the town of Woodbury. It includes the village of Highland Falls and the hamlets of Fort Montgomery and West Point.[7] O'Neill is one of two high schools taking students from the territory of the Garrison Union Free School District (GUFSD), as that district only educates up to 8th grade and pays to send its students elsewhere for high school.[8] GUFSD includes sections of Philipstown and Putnam Valley towns, with the former portion including Garrison hamlet.[9] Additionally, USMA sends high school aged students who are dependents of on-base military personnel to O'Neill under contract.[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Accountability and Overview Report 2005–06: JAMES I. O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL" (PDF). New York State Education Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
  3. ↑ Mike Randall. "Contracts awarded for O’Neill HS renovations; work starts May 1". Feb 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Fuchs, Marek (2004-09-05). "EDUCATION; Last-Minute Ruling for St. Basil". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. 1 2 Wang, Helu (2021-09-27). "Could Highland Falls lose its West Point students?". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. ↑ Randall, Mike (2022-03-21). "Highland Falls' contract to educate West Point high school students is renewed". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  8. ↑ Prentice, Anita (2004). "Garrison Union Free School District: A History Primer". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-01-24. When children graduate [...] and GUFSD pays tuition to those districts.
  9. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Putnam County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-05.


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