Westland High School

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.HistoryFoundingIn 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 BuildingIn 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.No future plans to replace or remodel the building have been made.The cafeteria has a mezzanine, known to students as "The Mez", where seniors sit during their lunch period.School ColorsThe 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.SportsRivalriesWestland 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 CrossingWestland 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 CityThe 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 1970-1973 and from 1981-1998. They have not played since. Westland is crosstown rivals with the former Hilliard High School, now Hilliard Davidson High School.