Elkins High School

Elkins High School (EHS) is a public high school located in Elkins, West Virginia, United States. The school serves students ranging from grades 9 through 12. The school has an enrollment of 933 students as of September, 2009. This makes it the 30th largest school by enrollment in the state, and the second largest (Behind Buckhannon-Upshur High School) within . History The current building was constructed at a cost of $12.7 million by the site of the existing Randolph Vocational Technical Center, Midland Elementary School and adjacent to the Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport. The architect, SEM Partners, created a two story building of over . The new building was the result of a school consolidation effort in West Virginia. Coalton High School was closed and students from Coalton, WV were bused to Elkins, WV to attend the new high school. In an effort to acknowledge the merger of the two high schools, the school board voted prior to the 1993-1994 school to name the new school Forest Hills High School. Prior to the name change announcement, ballots were distributed to the students and staff which did not include the name Elkins High as an option. A majority of students wrote on the ballots Elkins High School as a name choice. Several students declared they observed teachers throw away ballots that had the written name choice of Elkins High. After the name decision was announced the students and parents were in an uproar over the change. Parents, students, and teachers held town meetings and student walkouts in objection to the name change. The new high school, under the name Forrest Hills, opened during the Fall of 1993 and held commencement exercises during June 1994 for what would become the only graduating class of Forest Hills High School. Following the 1993-1994 school year, several new school board members were elected to the Randolph County Board of Education with support from the Elkins High School Alumni Association. During the summer of 1994, these new board members voted to change the name of the school back to Elkins High School. The school reopened for the 1994-1995 school year as Elkins High School. Academics The teachers and administration at EHS promote and reward students for academics and attendance. EHS offers both basic courses and a variety of Advanced Placement courses and Dual Credit courses.