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Fred C. Beyer High School

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    • 1717 Sylvan Avenue, Modesto, California, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers: (209) 576-4311
  • Official Website: [1]
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Fred C. Beyer High School is a school in the Modesto City Schools District of Modesto, California, located in northeast Modesto. Although when it was opened in 1972 to an enrollment of 975 students, comprised mostly of freshmen and only a smattering of upperclassmen who transferred from other schools voluntarily, Beyer High School was originally designed to serve about 2000 students. By the time the first class of frosh had advanced to seniority, enrollment was about 1800. With the addition of numerous portable buildings, the current number of enrolled students is 3150. ^[1]

When built, Beyer was way out of the city, halfway to Riverbank. In anticipation of the 1976 bicentennial, the Patriots were chosen as the school's mascot, and the school colors chosen as red, white, and blue. This school sometimes is okay. Beyer High was intended to incorporate the latest advances in the science of education, the most prominent of which was Daily Demand Scheduling (DDS). It taught students the fourth R - Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic, and Reprehensibility. DDS worked so well here that school administrators from around the world would tour Beyer High to see how it was done. During Beyer High School's Golden Age, from 1974 through 1978, Beyer students obtained a number of awards unprecedented in California history, including section, state, and national championships in band, golf, baseball, softball, tennis, water polo, and forensics. Unfortunately, DDS was terminated in 1981-82 school year by a decision of the Modesto City Schools Board of Education, over the united objections of Beyer High School administrators, staff, students, and parents. With the loss of DDS, student and staff morale suffered, along with educational potential, and achievements declined. ^[1]

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