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Proviso West High School (PWHS) is a public high school located in Hillside, Illinois, United States. Proviso West is a part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209, and was opened in 1958. Its sister school is Proviso East High School. The school is located approximately ten miles (16 km) west of metropolitan Chicago in Proviso Township. While the school's address is on Harrison Street, most of the school's property is adjacent to Wolf Road, while the southern part of the property lies along Roosevelt Road – which is also Illinois Route 38 at that point. The school is less than one mile from the interchange between I-290 and I-88 (referred to locally as the Hillside Strangler). Proviso West High School serves seven villages within the township, specifically Bellwood, Berkeley, Broadview, Hillside, part of Northlake, Stone Park, Westchester, and part of Melrose Park. ==History== Prior to the opening of Proviso West, all students in the district attended Proviso High School (which became Proviso East when Proviso West was opened). In 1953, researchers from the University of Chicago recommended that the school district begin planning to expand, and school district officials began examining the purchase of land for a new school.〔(Hutchinson, Louise; ''SUBURB HIGH SCHOOLS PLAN FOR EXPANSION: See Large Jump in Enrolments''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 22 August 1954; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 23 July 2009 )〕 By 1955, the school population had grown to over 3,400 students, with an estimated increase to over 6,500 students by 1956.〔(Philbrick, Richard; ''PROVISO TWP. HIGH GROWS IN SIZE AND SPIRIT: School Builds Scholars, Good Citizens''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 27 February 1955; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 23 July 2009 )〕 In June 1955, the board accepted a recommendation to purchase a 60 acre site in the town of Hillside, and planned a bond issue for the autumn.〔(''PROVISO BOARD TO HEAR PLAN FOR 2D SCHOOL: Seek Sixty Acre Hillside Site''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)'' 19 June 1955; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 23 July 2009 )〕 The construction of the school would also take up nine holes of the Hillside Golf Club.〔 In November, the bond issue was approved by a 5900–626 vote.〔(''CITY MANAGER PLAN DEFEATED IN DESPLAINES: Sewer Bonds Lose by Wide Margin''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)'' 20 November 1955; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 23 July 2009 )〕 In the summer and autumn of 1956, the district began accepting bids for construction of the new school which was to be designed by Perkins and Will.〔(''PROVISO SCHOOL TO SEEK BIDS ON HILLSIDE UNIT''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 22 July 1956; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 The original designs for the school called for a maximum capacity of 2,500 students.〔 The school would have two 3-story academic wings, a two story wing that would house a library and administrative offices, a single story wing for maintenance, cafeteria, shops, and art rooms, as well as a two story gymnasium.〔 A one story auto shop facility would be built as separate building.〔 The gymnasium was to include a spectator gym with main floor and balcony seating and a swimming pool.〔 As construction neared, there were changes made to the designs. The school was now designed to be expandable up to a maximum of 4000 students.〔(''PROVISO WEST WORK TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER: New School Will Cost $5 Million''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 6 September 1956; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 The gymnasium area was now to consist of four smaller gyms that could be combined into a spectator gym with seating for 4000, in addition to a wrestling room, an orthopedic gym, a dance studio, nine locker rooms.〔 The cafeteria, auditorium, and boiler rooms were specifically designed for expansion.〔 The cost at the start of construction was US$5 million.〔 The school opened after a cost of just under US$7.5 million.〔(''Proviso West Combines Beauty, Practicality: $7,480,000 High School Has 100 Rooms''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 6 November 1958; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 In March 1960, the board of education began examining the need to expand Proviso West (including the addition of a fieldhouse).〔(''WEIGH PLANS FOR PROVISO HIGH SCHOOLS''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 6 March 1960; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 In June, the US$3.5 million bond issue was voted on.〔(''SCHOOL BOND VOTE SET IN PROVISO AREA: Ask 3.5 Million for Expansion''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 12 May 1960; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 24 July 2009 )〕 In 1961, the district shifted an attendance boundary so that more students from Bellwood could attend Proviso West, in order to even out the student populations between the two buildings.〔(''Set Proviso High Boundary Shifts''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 11 May 1961; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 The referendum was defeated, but a classroom addition began construction in early 1962 with money being taken from the operating fund.〔(''Work Starts on Wing for Proviso West''; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872–1963)''; 15 March 1962; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849–1986), ProQuest. Web; accessed 25 July 2009 )〕 In the 1990s a group of parents in Westchester, citing what they believed to be poor academic achievement and a large size of Proviso West, tried to remove their area from the district and form a small high school district of their own. In the six county Chicago metropolitan area, as of 1996, Proviso West ranked no. 126 in a ranking of 132 suburban high schools on the American College Test (ACT).〔Banas, Casey. "(Proviso East Flunks Test With Many Area Parents )." ''Chicago Tribune''. November 15, 1996. Retrieved on February 23, 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「Proviso West High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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