Fort Lee High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade, located in Fort Lee, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Fort Lee School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1931.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 983 students and 67.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1. There were 152 students (15.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 84 (8.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.HistoryFort Lee High School was established in 1916. It was relocated to its current location in 1928. A new wing was added in 1964. New classrooms were constructed in 1968. The school was completely renovated in the 1980s.2009 transcript scandalOn March 3, 2009, a scandal concerning the transcript records of the students was discovered. The transcripts of students from 2003 to the current senior class were reported by Raymond Bandlow, the superintendent of schools, to have been tampered with. The Fort Lee Board of Education began its investigation of the scandal on March 4, 2009, and attempted to ascertain as to who exactly was involved after it was reported that in some instances, grades were changed, and in others low grades were deleted. Students of the class of 2009 expressed their discontent and anger regarding the scandal, as changes in their transcripts could jeopardize their chances of being admitted to colleges.
