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Connetquot High School

Connetquot High School (CHS) is a public high school serving students from the 9th–12th grades, located in Bohemia, New York. It is part of the Connetquot Central School District.

Connetquot High School's school district, which only has a single comprehensive high school, includes the entirety of the communities of Oakdale and Ronkonkoma, and almost all of Bohemia, while it also serves parts of Islandia, Sayville, and West Sayville.

According to data from USN, Connetquot High School has a total enrollment of over 1,700 students, with 51% being male, and 49% female. 74.6% of students are white, 14.8% are Hispanic, 5.9% are Asian, 3.4% are black, and 1% are of mixed race.

The school was established in 1963, three years after voters in the existing Oakdale-Bohemia and Ronkonkoma school districts voted to consolidate their two districts.

Suffolk Country Police investigated the school in February 2023, after the alleged discovery of homophobic graffiti in one of the school's hallways.

Connetquot High School has been the target of multiple planned attacks. All of them, however, were discovered and prevented. The first was in 2007, when then student Christopher Franko planned to murder his fellow students as well as teachers in a plan reminiscent of Columbine. Franko planned to attack the school again in 2010, but was discovered and arrested. The final known planned attack was thwarted in 2019, when 3 students were discussing detonating explosives at the school on their school bus. Their conversation was overheard by another student, later leading to the three conspirators' arrest.

In March 2023, the Principal of Connetquot High School, Michael Moran, took a brief leave of absence from the school, although he did not make it clear why. It was generally believed, however, that the leave of absence was ordered by the District, and some Connetquot residents speculated this was the result of Moran's alleged support for the display of pride flags in the school. This prompted a significant number of students to not attend their classes, instead protesting by sitting along the lockers, holding up signs requesting the district reinstate Moran to his position, and chanting for the return of the principal. Moran returned to his position a month later, in April 2023, and the protests ceased. From that point he has remained Principal of Connetquot High School.

According to Newsday data, 91.2% of Connetquot graduates earn a New York state regent's diploma (55.2% with advanced designation). Also, 55.6% of graduates plan to attend a 4-year college and 35.8% plan to attend a 2-year college.

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