Westland High School
Address
146 Galloway Road Galloway , (Franklin County) , Ohio 43119 United States
Coordinates	region:US-OH 39°56′53″N 83°8′59″W / 39.94806°N 83.14972°W / 39.94806; -83.14972
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Established	1970
School district	South-Western City Schools
Superintendent	Bill Wise[1]
Principal	Greg Costello
Faculty	146[2]
Teaching staff	89.34 (FTE)[3]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,835 (2018-19)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	20.54[3]
Color(s)	Forest Green and White
Athletics conference	Ohio Capital Conference[1]
Mascot	The Cougar
Team name	Cougars[1]
Rival	Central Crossing High School
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
Website	whs.swcsd.us

Westland High School is a public high school located in Galloway, Ohio. It is one of 4 high schools in the South-Western City Schools District. SWCS is located in the southwestern portion of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio. Westland High School was opened in 1970.

History

Founding

In 1969, Pleasant View Junior/Senior High School became a middle school when the newly built, Westland High School was constructed due to the need for more space to meet population growth in the Southwest Columbus region.

Current Building

In the 2011–2012 school year, the building received minor renovations to lighting systems and a new ventilation system was put into place after an incident at the school.

There are plans in place to renovate the roof of Westland throughout the summer of 2019.

The cafeteria has a mezzanine, known to students as "The Mez", where seniors sit during their lunch period.

School Colors

The school colors, forest green and white, are picked from two middle schools, that feed into Westland. The school color of white is from Norton Middle School while forest green is from Pleasant View Middle.

Sports

Rivalries

Westland High School has both inactive and active rivalries between intra-district and other city schools. The major rivalry is between Westland High School and Central Crossing High School, another SWCS school.

Central Crossing

Westland has a current rivalry with intra-district Central Crossing High School, and the two schools played each other for the first time in 2008.

Grove City

The school had a traditional rivalry with its sister school, Grove City High School. The two teams even played football games at Cooper Stadium, the city's former minor league baseball park, but Grove City and Westland are no longer allowed to play one another because of fights that emerged during games. The two schools played each other annually from 1970 to 1973 and from 1981 to 1998. They have not played since. Westland is crosstown rivals with the former Hilliard High School, now Hilliard Davidson High School.

Football

The Westland Football program is currently coached by Rick Rios and plays in the Ohio Capital Conference's Central Division. The Cougars play their home games at Westland Field, which seats around 5,000 people.

History

Since its first football season in 1970, Westland has an all-time record of 131-257-2. Westland won OCC titles in 1970, 1992, and 1993. From 1990 to 1994 Head coach Tom Greer won 32 games and several players are earned all conference honors. Westland lost its football program during the 2009 season with the August failure of the Southwestern City School District levy. Football returned to Westland in 2010.

Clubs

Cultural Diversity Club, Math Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, Art Club, Drama Club, International Thespian Society, Student Council, Student Government, Chess Club, Jobs for Grads, Student Advisory Board, National Honor Society, French Club, Marching Band, Choir, Concert Band Symphonic Band, Air Force JROTC(OH-011), Jazz Band, Orchestra, Gay-Straight Alliance, Crossroads, Renaissance, Anime Club, Westland Esports