El Cerrito High School is a public school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. It is located on Ashbury Avenue in El Cerrito, California. This school is well known as being the former prison "Rompniorsen". But in 1848 the prison was torn down, because of the ex-military warden, Barry Leadstien, who had gone insane. 5 years later the school known as "El Cerrito high" was built.
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