Sunset High School was a public high school in Hayward, California, which opened in 1959 and was closed in 1990. The campus now contains the Hayward Adult School vocational school, and Thomas Brenkwitz Continuation High School, both part of the Hayward Unified School District.
The Sunset High School campus is just west of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) tracks, about one-half mile north of the main Hayward BART station. There is a good view of the playing fields (the back part of the campus) from BART trains.
History
At its creation in 1959, Sunset High School was part of the Hayward Union High School District and continued so until 1963 when that District was dissolved and all of its high schools became part of smaller Unified School Districts. At that time, Sunset High School became part of the Hayward Unified School District.
On September 25, 1959, the newly chartered State College for Alameda Countyâ€"now California State University, East Bay -- welcomed its first 293 students to classes in temporary quarters at Sunset High School. The high school was able to share space with the college because, during the 1959-1960 school year, the high school consisted of only the 9th and 10th grades. September 1961 was the first time Sunset had all four classes that a high school normally had.
In 1970, Social Studies students at Sunset High School researched and wrote the book "A History of Hayward".
The school closed in 1990.
Principals of Sunset High School
- 1959-1961 - Blanche G. Sullivan
- 1961-1962 - Norman J. Sanders
- 1962-1976 - Dr. Nels B. Nelson
- 1976-1990 - Larry Ratto (Sunset closed in 1990)
Notable people
- Bud Harrelson, the former Major League Baseball shortstop and New York Mets coach and manager and Mets Hall of Famer, is a graduate of Sunset High School, class of 1962.
- Lewis Feldman, Professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley, is a graduate of Sunset High School, class of 1963.
- Ed Sprague, Sr., a former professional baseball pitcher, is a graduate of Sunset High School, class of 1963.
- Dave Maggard, a former Olympian and university athletic director, was head track coach at Sunset High School in 1964-1966.
- In 1965-1967, Maxine Hong Kingston who later became a famous author, taught English and mathematics at Sunset High School.
- Ed Galigher, a former professional football player who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets, graduated from Sunset High School in 1968.
- James R. Lambden, a judge on the California First District Court of Appeal, graduated from Sunset High School in 1968.
See also
- Alameda County High Schools
- San Lorenzo Unified School District, which operates the similarly named continuation high school in the Hayward area, Royal Sunset High School
References
External links
- Hayward Adult School website
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