Silsbee High School

Silsbee High School is a public high school in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas. It is the only high school in the Silsbee Independent School District. Their mascot is the Tiger.

Silsbee High School
Address
1575 Hwy 96 North Silsbee, Texas , Hardin County 77656 United States
Coordinates	30.344°N 94.153°W / 30.344; -94.153
Information
Type	Public
Opened	2000
School district	Silsbee Independent School District
Principal	Scott Schwartz
Teaching staff	62.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	825 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.20[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Tiger
Newspaper	Focus
Website

Controversy

The school and the school district have been criticized for expelling a cheerleader from the school's cheerleading squad because of her refusal to cheer for a basketball player who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her. The charges were dropped down to assault a year later and the player was given probation. School officials also encouraged the victim to "keep a low profile" and avoid the school cafeteria.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in November 2010 that the victim — who is identified only as H.S. — had no right to refuse to applaud her attacker, because as a cheerleader in uniform, she was an agent of the school. The Fifth Circuit dismissed her case as "frivolous" and sanctioned the girl, ordering her family to pay the school district's $35,000–45,000 legal fees.^[2][3][4] A later judgment ruled that one of the claims was not frivolous and ordered the amount owed recalculated based on this finding.^[5] The Supreme Court declined to review the case.

Notable alumni and faculty

• Kalon Barnes,^[6] professional football cornerback who is a free agent
• Curtis Buckley - played cornerback for four seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, three seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, and one season for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins
• William Graham - played safety for six seasons for the Detroit Lions
• H. Palmer Hall - poet, author, editor and librarian who taught two years at Silsbee
• Mark Henry - Olympic weightlifter and professional wrestler
• James Hunter - played seven seasons as a defensive back for the Detroit Lions
• Chloe Jones, adult actress and model
• Brandi McCain - basketball player, played one season with the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks