Best TV high schools

KYSportsWriter · Aug 25, 2008

I miss Boston Public, dammit.

mike311gd · Aug 25, 2008

JNEWFIFTY said:

mike311gd said:

Thanks for setting this one up for me, Inky.

My vote is for Bayside High, easily. Of all the ones I watched when I was younger (through this afternoon), Bayside had the most to offer.

No other TV school, that I know, had a swimming pool, an automotive workshop, a bookstore -- and it was a legit shop, too, with calendars and everything -- a big auditorium, an elevator (for faculty only ... unless you're helping a pregnant lady out), a radio station, a TV station, a gym, a baseball field, a good track and much, much more.
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Not only was it big, it had many beneficial facets to boast. There were dances seemingly every other week. The track, wrestling, football and basketball teams were all in contention for district titles -- as were the chess and academic squads. They offered French and Spanish and ran great programs -- virtually all instructed by Richard Belding, one of the finest principals to step into a school. And aside from a bookbag full of caffeine pills and a joint, there really wasn't much of a drug problem there.

John Adams High, from Boy Meets World, was good, but we really didn't see a whole lot of it. They had a big science lab -- before Cory and Shawn started the fire in it -- and the gym was big enough to host a WWF-sized wrestling match, complete with Robert Goulet and Yasmine Bleeth.

Don Van Atta High -- from Full House, named after one of the producers (and now the namesake of a young punk band) -- really wasn't shown a lot. Steve was the captain of his wrestling team, but his success wasn't really broadcast; just a practice Danny interrupted.

Bel-Air Prep was a strong institution, always grooming the best of the best into better people. All the smartest, richest, well-off folks went there. The basketball team was good -- with the addition of Will -- but nothing else really stuck out, at least not enough to be shown.

So, it's Bayside for me. And with that, I leave you with the clincher -- the school song.

It seems like only yesterday we started,
But soon we'll put away our books and pens.
We'll go on with our lives once we have parted,
But how can we say farewell to our friends?

The double dates, the parties and the dances,
Crammin' for a midterm until 3.
The football games, the Max and the romances,
Soon Bayside will be just a memory (a memory)

Our four years here have all become unraveled,
And so our high school story finally ends (it finally ends)
But years from now, no matter where we've traveled,
We'll all look back and think about our friends.
We'll all look back and think about our friends.
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I believe there were budget problems in that district, because alot of those classes were held in the same exact classroom year after year.
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Or was that room just so versatile that it had the power to house all those classes?

If you watch Boy Meets World -- and I'm sure a lot of these shows are the same; I know Fresh Prince is (a classroom doubled as the principal's office and the gym for Carlton's little speed accident) -- you can see the bathroom is also Feeny's office, among other things.

doctorx · Aug 25, 2008

How about Milwaukee Jefferson?

EStreetJoe · Aug 25, 2008

doctorx said:

How about Milwaukee Jefferson?
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Jefferson High is worthy of mention (and anyone who doesn't think so can sit on it)

LA's Carver High School should also be shown some love in this thread.

slappy4428 · Aug 25, 2008

Bayside had a staircase, a hallway, a principal's office, three classrooms and a gym built for four-square. Oh and an auditorium with no stage...
Loser city.

No love for Mayfield High?

Huggy · Aug 25, 2008

EStreetJoe said:

doctorx said:

How about Milwaukee Jefferson?
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Jefferson High is worthy of mention (and anyone who doesn't think so can sit on it)

LA's Carver High School should also be shown some love in this thread.
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Back in 1997 a friend of mine in the movie bidness set the wife and I up with a private VIP tour of the Paramount lot. The guy doing the tour showed us their HR building which also doubled as Jefferson High. Very cool.

Big Buckin' agate_monkey · Aug 25, 2008

mike311gd said:

Thanks for setting this one up for me, Inky.

My vote is for Bayside High, easily. Of all the ones I watched when I was younger (through this afternoon), Bayside had the most to offer.

No other TV school, that I know, had a swimming pool, an automotive workshop, a bookstore -- and it was a legit shop, too, with calendars and everything -- a big auditorium, an elevator (for faculty only ... unless you're helping a pregnant lady out), a radio station, a TV station, a gym, a baseball field, a good track and much, much more.
so
Not only was it big, it had many beneficial facets to boast. There were dances seemingly every other week. The track, wrestling, football and basketball teams were all in contention for district titles -- as were the chess and academic squads. They offered French and Spanish and ran great programs -- virtually all instructed by Richard Belding, one of the finest principals to step into a school. And aside from a bookbag full of caffeine pills and a joint, there really wasn't much of a drug problem there.

John Adams High, from Boy Meets World, was good, but we really didn't see a whole lot of it. They had a big science lab -- before Cory and Shawn started the fire in it -- and the gym was big enough to host a WWF-sized wrestling match, complete with Robert Goulet and Yasmine Bleeth.

Don Van Atta High -- from Full House, named after one of the producers (and now the namesake of a young punk band) -- really wasn't shown a lot. Steve was the captain of his wrestling team, but his success wasn't really broadcast; just a practice Danny interrupted.

Bel-Air Prep was a strong institution, always grooming the best of the best into better people. All the smartest, richest, well-off folks went there. The basketball team was good -- with the addition of Will -- but nothing else really stuck out, at least not enough to be shown.

So, it's Bayside for me. And with that, I leave you with the clincher -- the school song.

It seems like only yesterday we started,
But soon we'll put away our books and pens.
We'll go on with our lives once we have parted,
But how can we say farewell to our friends?

The double dates, the parties and the dances,
Crammin' for a midterm until 3.
The football games, the Max and the romances,
Soon Bayside will be just a memory (a memory)

Our four years here have all become unraveled,
And so our high school story finally ends (it finally ends)
But years from now, no matter where we've traveled,
We'll all look back and think about our friends.
We'll all look back and think about our friends.
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Preppy, what are you doing Friday? You need to get out, dude.

DemoChristian · Aug 25, 2008

Mikey, what happened to...

"Bayside is a school that's cool you and you know that it's true (know that it's true, know that it's true)
The girls are the coolest and the guys are the hippest too (the hippest too, the hippest too)"

That would be the school song if it weren't for (who was it?) spiking Zach's drink with lemon juice.

vonnegutnaked2 · Aug 25, 2008

Deering High never would have fared well in the real Indiana high school basketball tournament.

After all, they never would have hosted a sectional...a big factor in those pre-class days.

Of course, the year they won the state title with Dick Butkus coaching...Indiana University's arena looked shockingly like Deering's gym with a banner plastered above the bleachers.

I was also thinking about Carver High...the acoustics in the shower were great.

JakeandElwood · Aug 25, 2008

KYSportsWriter said:

I miss Boston Public, dammit.
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What happened to it? It was a great show.

doctorx · Aug 25, 2008

What about Riverdale High? The Archies turned out a No. 1 single, you know.

Guy_Incognito · Aug 25, 2008

Sunnydale High over New York City High School for the Performing Arts in the finals.

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