Platte Canyon High School Explained

Platte Canyon High School
Address:57243 U.S. Highway 285
City:Bailey
State:Colorado
Zipcode:80421
Country:US
Schooltype:Public high school
District:Platte Canyon 1
Ceeb:060075
Principal:Mike Schmidt[1]
Teaching Staff:15.37
Grades:912
Enrollment:251
Enrollment As Of:2021–2022
Ratio:16.33
Colors:Royal blue and silver
Athletics Conference:CHSAA
Mascot:Husky
Feeder Schools:Fitzsimmons Middle School

Platte Canyon High School, located in Bailey, Colorado, United States, was founded in 1957. The school building is located on Highway 285 in Park County.

Athletics

Platte Canyon High School is a member of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) and the Frontier League. The Platte Canyon Huskies participate in 2A football (Colorado Conference) and 3A Frontier League basketball, baseball, cheer, cross country, speech and debate, softball, track & field, volleyball, wrestling, along with 4A Inter-League girls' swimming and 5A State League alpine skiing.

2006 hostage crisis

See main article: Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis. On September 27, 2006, a "hostage situation" was reported at 11:40 a.m. local time (1740 UTC) at the high school. Duane Roger Morrison, 53, of Denver,[2] reportedly said that he had a bomb. Morrison took six female students as hostages in a second-floor room and released four of them while keeping the other two.[2] [3] Once SWAT members approached, one of the female hostages, identified as 16-year-old Emily Keyes, was shot and critically wounded. She was taken away by a helicopter, and was later declared dead from her injuries.[4] Morrison then shot and killed himself. The other female was not wounded.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Our Administration - Platte Canyon High School. Platte Canyon School District 1. 20 January 2024.
  2. News: CNN . Colorado Sheriff: High School Assault of Sexual Nature . May 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110125024954/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/28/school.shooting/index.html . 2011-01-25 . live .
  3. News: CBS Broadcasting . Student Injured, Gunman Dead In School Standoff . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225917/http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_270142707.html . 2007-09-26 . dead .
  4. News: NBC News . Hostage in school standoff dies . May 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019080746/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15032063/#slice-2 . 2014-10-19 . live .