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Corona del Mar High School (CdM) is a public school located in the East Bluff neighborhood of Newport Beach, California, and belongs to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. It is a combination of a middle school (7th and 8th grades) and a high school (9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades). The school was founded in 1962 and has an enrollment of just over 2000 students. It has been ranked by ''Newsweek'' as one of the top 200 high schools in the United States,〔 and it has been a state champion in several sports. However, it has also been featured in the national media for scandals involving homophobia, sexism, and academic dishonesty. ==History== The school was founded in 1962. In the mid 1970s, the school went through an extensive design process to develop its media center. The Marian Bergeson Aquatic Center, named for state senator Marian Bergeson who was from Newport Beach, opened in May 1990 at a cost of $1.75 million. During the summer of 2014, a new Middle School Building, called the Enclave was unveiled for the 2014-2015 School Year. In March 2015, a performing arts center was finished. The center cost $16 million and seats more than 360 people. The school has been placed on multiple national and state-level lists of "top schools". In 2011 ''U.S. News and World Report'' ranked it 127 of 21,786 high schools in math and science and ''Newsweek'' included it as number 172 of the 500 best high schools in the United States. It earned a gold medal from ''U.S. News and World Report'' in 2014, with a national ranking of 222 (37 in California).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Corona del Mar High School in NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Best High Schools - US News )〕 Between 2009 and 2014 Corona del Mar was the subject of a series of controversies concerning sexism and homophobia. In February 2009, when a production of the musical ''Rent'' was cancelled, the theater teacher alleged it was due to the principal objecting to the play's depiction of homosexuality.〔("Instructor: Play canceled because of gay characters" ), by Jeff Overley, Orange County Register, February 13, 2009〕〔("Tamer 'Rent' Is Too Wild for Some Schools" ), by Patrick Healy, ''New York Times'', February 19, 2009〕〔("Canceled High School Production of Rent Back On" ), by Ross von Metzke, ''The Advocate'', February 27, 2009〕 Student demand eventually brought back the play.〔 The following month, after a video surfaced of male students threatening to rape and kill a female peer, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the school for inadequately responding to, allowing, and even condoning an atmosphere of sexist and homophobic violence.〔("ACLU sues Corona del Mar High School for cultivating 'homophobic' environment" ), by Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2009〕〔("A.C.L.U. Sues School Involved in 'Rent' Tussle" ), by Patrick Healy, ''New York Times'', March 18, 2009〕 A settlement was reached in September, when the District agreed to create and enforce anti-harassment policies and train both students and staff.〔("Settlement Reached in California High School 'Rent' Case" ), by Patricia Cohen, ArtsBeat for the ''New York Times'', September 10, 2009〕 In May 2014, the school again attracted negative attention for an NFL-style "prom draft" in which female students were ceremonially "drafted" as dates by their male peers.〔("High school boys hold 'draft' to pick prom dates" ), by Lauren Steussy, ''Orange County Register'', May 5, 2014〕〔("Calif. High School Students Accused of Using a 'Prom Draft' to Find Date" ) by Tina Chen, American Broadcasting Company, May 7, 2014〕 Writers for the ''Los Angeles Times'' cited a former Corona del Mar High School disciplinarian in their argument that the "draft" was the result of a problematic sense of entitlement among Newport Beach residents.〔("'Prom draft' reflects Newport Beach culture, ex-school official says" ) by Adolfo Flores, ''Los Angeles Times'', May 7, 2014〕〔("School prom 'draft' prompts reflection in exclusive Newport Beach" ) by Adolfo Flores, Christopher Goffard and Hannah Fry, ''Los Angeles Times'', May 8, 2014〕 The school also experienced a series of publicized academic integrity incidents. In 2012, school officials discovered that ten students had bought the answers to their tests from Amazon.com.〔〔("Corona Del Mar Students Buy Test Banks Off Amazon.com" ), CBS-LA, January 6, 2012〕 In early 2014, eleven Corona del Mar High School students were expelled〔〔("Corona del Mar High School hacking: 11 students expelled" ), KABC-TV, January 29, 2014〕〔("Tutor Pleads Not Guilty In O.C. School Hacker Scandal" ), CBS-LA, November 4, 2014〕〔("Police arrest tutor in Corona del Mar High cheating scandal" ), by Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, October 6, 2014〕〔("Tutor charged in Corona del Mar High School grade scandal" ), Associated Press/KPCC, October 7, 2014〕〔("Tutor in Alleged Corona Del Mar Cheating Scandal Arrested at LAX" ), by John Schreiber, (My News LA ), October 7, 2014〕〔("11 students removed from Corona del Mar High in hacking case" ), by Lauren Steussy, Melody Petersen, and Ryah Cooley, ''Orange County Register'', January 29, 2014〕 for hacking into school computers with the help of a tutor to alter their grades.〔("Orange County Tutor Charged In Grade Scandal" ), Associated Press/KOVR, October 6, 2014〕 The following October, the tutor was arrested on charges of burglary and computer access and fraud.〔〔〔〔〔〔("High school tutor accused of planning keylogging ring finally arrested" ), by (Cyrus Farivar ), Ars Technica, October 7, 2014〕〔("California high school tutor hacked into teachers' computers, changed grades — then fled the country: cops" ), by (Meg Wagner ), ''New York Daily News'', October 7, 2014〕〔("Tutor Arrested in Grade-Changing Scheme" ) by Kelly Goff, City News Service/KNBC, October 7, 2014.〕 In response to the hacking and "prom draft" scandals, the school hired an "ethics consultant" in June 2014, with hopes of restoring the school's reputation.〔("Ethics expert hired after high school scandals" ), Associated Press/The Washington Times, June 13, 2014〕 The consultant's duties include training the students to accept diversity and be more honest and inclusive.〔("7 Signs Corona del Mar High School May Be the Incubator of Orange County's Evils" ) by Matt Coker, ''OC Weekly'', May 13, 2014〕〔("District hires ethics consultant in wake of cheating scandal" ), by Hannah Fry, ''Daily Pilot'', June 10, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corona del Mar High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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