- Mount Pleasant High School (San Jose, California)
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Mount Pleasant High School Address 1750 South White Road
San Jose, California, 95127
United StatesCoordinates 37°20′46″N 121°48′30″W / 37.3462°N 121.8082°WCoordinates: 37°20′46″N 121°48′30″W / 37.3462°N 121.8082°W Information Type Public Opened 1980[1] School district East Side Union High School District Principal Teresa Marquez Grades 9-12 Number of students 1798[2] Color(s) Red and black [2] Athletics conference CIF North Coast Section Bay Valley Athletic League Mascot Cardinals[2] Website mp.esuhsd.org Mount Pleasant High School is a public high school located in San Jose, California. It is a part of the East Side Union High School District.
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Steve Poizner
After selling his high-tech businesses, Steve Poizner worked at the school as an instructor, writing about it in Mount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion-Dollar Company to Teaching at a Struggling Public High School, a book released in April 2010. Poizner invoked hyperbole while describing the school, including exaggerating crime and graduation rates at the school and in the neighborhood.[3] Ira Glass and This American Life exposed the differences between Poizner's account and the true story of the school, with Glass calling the story "obviously and provably untrue."[4][5][6] Mount Pleasant's high school principal, Teresa Marquez, cancelled Poizner's visit to the school, then Marquez and students protested the book at a book signing.[7][8] The book reached the fifth position of the New York Times bestseller list, but that was possibly through altering of the sales data by ResultSource, a book marketing company.[4][9]
Notable alumni
- Jhonen Vasquez, comics artist and creator of the popular animated series Invader Zim
- Ken Williams, general manager for the 2005 World Series Champions Chicago White Sox
See also
References
- ^ "California School Directory". California Department of Education. http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=43694274334900&public=Y. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ a b c "CIF Directory". http://www.cifccs.org/Directory/Website%20directory%2009-10-Feb.pdf. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Roberts, Jerry (2010-04-08). "Capitol Letters: When it rains, it pours". Santa Barbara Independent. http://independent.com/news/2010/apr/08/meg-millions/. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b Maclachlan, Malcolm. "Hundreds reportedly received unsolicited copies of Poizner memoir". Capitol Weekly. http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=ysyfbxbaesxv63. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Shelve Under Fiction? Steve Poizner's Book Lambasted for Misjudging San Jose Neighborhood, School". LAist. http://laist.com/2010/04/27/shelve_under_fiction_poizners_book.php. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Public radio's Ira Glass calls Poizner book 'so obviously and probably untrue'". Los Angeles Times. 2010-04-26. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/04/ira-glass-steve-poizner-book-mount-pleasant.html. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Saunders, Debra J. (8 April 2010). "Republican volunteers at school - oh, the horrors". San Francisco Gate. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-04-08/opinion/20840289_1_poizner-students-countless-educators. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Greene, Jessica (2010-04-02). "Outraged Protesters Confront Poizner at Book Signing". KNTV. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Upset-Crowd-Confronts-Poizner-at-Book-Signing-89768187.html. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Internal Affairs: The mysterious case of Poizner's best-selling book". The Mercury News. 2010-05-02. http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14993102?source=rss&nclick_check=1. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
External links
- Mount Pleasant High School profile provided by greatschools.net (contains pop-ups)
- Mount Pleasant High School profile provided by NNDB
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1980
- East Side Union High School District
- High schools in San Jose, California
- California school stubs
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