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Ingraham High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 located in the Haller Lake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA. Opened in 1959, it is named after Edward Sturgis Ingraham, the first superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools. Since 2002, Ingraham has been an International Baccalaureate school,[1] and also offers programs such as the Academy of Information Technology and the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism.[2]
[edit] The Candy Man
A legend of Ingraham lore is a student known simply as "The Candy Man," a student who operated out of school lockers to sell candy to high school students. The Candy Man came into existence in 2005 when Seattle Public Schools banned the sale of junk food on school grounds, and continued to operate up until his graduation in 2007. The student's individual organization was a non-profit charity business that had benefited Hurricane Katrina Relief, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Millennium Villages Project. The business made it to the front cover of the Seattle Times. In the article it stated that in general, the Ingraham staff was ambivalent about the Candy Man and his illicit operations. While some bought from him and others actively reprimanded his actions, most, including principal Martin Floe, opted to "look the other way" without condoning his behavior.[3]
In the 2007-2008 school year, a successor to the Candy Man emerged to continue the business at Ingraham. Following his graduation, the original Candy Man reportedly communicated a list of attributes to the "apprentice," who would presumably apply them in the running of the business. They are briefly mentioned in The Seattle Time's second article.[4]
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