Fairview High School is a public, coeducational, comprehensive BVSD

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located in

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, northwest of

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. More than two thousand students attend the school. It is in the 5A category of the

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(CHSAA). The school's enrollment was 2,226 in the 2020–21 school year.

Demographics

Academics

In 2020, Fairview was ranked 249th by U.S. News & World Report in their National High School Rankings; 7th best high school in Colorado, also by US News; 2nd best public high school in

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by Niche; and best college prep public high school in Colorado, also by Niche. The school offers kids help with college preparation through its College and Career Center. Fairview has a reputation for being academically demanding.

Athletics

Sports offered

Fall

* Cross country * Golf, boys' *

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* Soccer, boys' * Tennis, boys' *

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* Cheer/Poms * Mountain biking

Winter

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*Cheer/Poms *Swimming and diving, girls' *

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, boys' *

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Spring

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*Swimming and diving, boys' *

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

, girls' *

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, girls' *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

, girls' *

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State Championships

Aidan Atkinson Sexual Assault Scandal

On November 22, 2019, the Fairview High School football team's star quarterback and three star Northwestern recruit, Aidan Atkinson, was arrested on three counts of sexual assault, five counts of unlawful sexual misconduct, and one count of attempted sexual assault after he turned himself in to police. In December 2019, he was notably excluded from Northwestern's early signees in the 2020 recruiting class. The alleged sexual assault occurred aboard a party bus on September 15, 2018. A victim alleged that Atkinson began to touch her inappropriately after she became intoxicated and was incapacitated. She also alleged that his behavior continued throughout the night. More charges were added three months later after other allegations of inappropriate conduct were brought to police. At the time, Atkinson and all victims were minors. During the fallout of the scandal, a social worker at the school was charged with failing to report child abuse after it was alleged that a victim had told her about the assaults, though she was later acquitted by jury. Due to the

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, Atkinson's trial was postponed from November 9, 2020 to February 1, 2021. The case was reported on by the

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, the

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, and the

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, among other publications. As of December 14, 2020, Atkinson still holds multiple Colorado state football records including, but not limited to, most career passing completions; most passing yards in a game; most passing touchdowns in a game; most career touchdowns; most career passing yards; and first and second most passing touchdowns in a season.

Notable alumni

Academics

* Lada Adamic, network scientist *

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(1999) - physicist at the

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Entertainment and music

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(born 1982, class of 2000) - actress in films and television, played

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in TV series '' 7th Heaven'', married to singer-actor

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; Biel never fully attended Fairview, she was only tutored there, though she did attend feeder school Southern Hills Middle. *

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(born 1964, class of 1982) - former model and actress, married to musician Harry Connick Jr. *

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(born 1967, class of 1985) - actress, played Laura Palmer on TV show ''

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'' * Rudresh Mahanthappa (born, 1971, class of 1988) -

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and composer,

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- keyboardist,

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* Jacob Sproul (born 1983, Class of 2001) -

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and

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of rock band

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* Joan Van Ark (born 1943, class of 1961) - actress, played

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in primetime soap opera ''

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'' * Sheree J. Wilson (born 1958, class of 1977) - played April on TV series ''

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'', and Alex on ''

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'' *

Sean Foreman Sean Foreman (born August 27, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from Boulder, Colorado. He is a member of the electronic pop duo 3OH!3 with Nathaniel Motte. History Sean Foreman was born in Boulder, Colorado and attended Fair ...

(Born 1985, class of 2003) - Vocalist for the electronic pop duo

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Athletics

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(born 1970), assistant head coach and linebackers coach for

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(born 1992, class of 2010) - NFL wide receiver for

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(born 1972, class of 1991) -

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NFL offensive tackle selected 2nd overall in

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and first overall in 2002 NFL Expansion Draft; five-time Pro Bowler (1996-2000); three-time All-Pro (1997–99); career cut short due to injuries following 2002 seasonCrowe, Jerry
"The Line on Boselli Turned Out to Be True : USC: Hard-working redshirt freshman has more than lived up to great expectations."
''

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'', October 11, 1991. Accessed May 4, 2017. "Boselli came to USC from Fairview High in Boulder, where he carried a 3.5 grade-point average. Fairview is also the alma mater of Chris Foote, a starter at center for USC in the late 1970s, and Scott Lockwood, who was the Trojans' starting fullback before he was sidelined by knee surgery two weeks ago." * Tom Chambers (born 1959, class of 1977) - basketball player, selected 8th overall in

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, four-time All-Star, played for 1992-93 Phoenix Suns team that went 62-20 and lost to Chicago Bulls in NBA Finals * Jesse Crain (born 1981, class of 1999) - MLB pitcher for

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and

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high school teammate and good friend of American Idol Finalist and songwriter

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2008-13 * Chris Foote (born 1956), NFL center for

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and

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(born 1955), three-time All-Star MLB pitcher *

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(born 1998), American football player * Scott Lockwood (born 1968) - NFL running back who played two seasons with

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* Dustin Lyman - NFL football player who played for five seasons for

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(born 1969, class of 1987) - general manager of MLB's

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; 2011 World Series champion * Shane O'Neill (born 1993, class of 2012) - professional soccer player for MLS side

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(born 1960, class of 1979) - NFL head coach,

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, 2012-2017 *

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(born 1967, class of 1985) - assistant coach of NFL's

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; defensive coordinator for

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2012-16 *

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fighter, UFC's bantamweight division *

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(born 1998, class of 2016) - professional climber and the first woman to climb a route graded 9a+

Other

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References

External links

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