Madison High School (Middletown, Ohio)

Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Address
5797 West Alexandria Road Middletown, Ohio (Madison Township) Middletown , (Butler County) , Ohio 45042 United States
Coordinates	39°32′2″N 84°26′35″W
Information
Type	Public, coeducational high school
Motto	"Achieving excellence one student at a time!" & "It's good to be a Mohawk!"
School district	Madison Local School District
President	David French
Dean	Dan Baker
Administrator	Jeff Staggs
Principal	Chris Smith
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	442 (2023-2024)[3]
Color(s)	Red, black and white[1]
Athletics conference	Southwestern Buckeye League[1]
Sports	Baseball, softball, tennis, basketball, golf, track & field, cross country, football, soccer, wrestling, and marching band
Mascot	Mohawk
Team name	Mohawks[1]
Rival	Preble Shawnee Arrows, Carlisle Indians
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
Website	www.madisonmohawks.org

Madison Junior-Senior High School is a public high school near Middletown, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Madison Local Schools district. The school colors are red, black and white.

Madison's sports teams, known as the Mohawks, participated in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference from 1979 until 1984,[4] when the school left for the Southwestern Buckeye League's Buckeye Division, which consists of smaller schools.

Shooting

On February 29, 2016, four students were injured during a shooting in the school's cafeteria when James "Austin" Hancock discharged seven rounds from a firearm.[5][6] The shooter fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged as an adult with four counts of attempted murder and one count of inducing panic.[7][8] On June 6, the shooter was sentenced to six years in juvenile detention.[9] The victims' families later filed a lawsuit against him, his family, and the state, alleging that the shooter's parents entrusted him with the gun used in the shooting, and that the weapon was registered to another relative who failed to properly secure it.[10]

References

1. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
2. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
3. "Madison High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
4. "History". Fort Ancient Valley Conference. June 14, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
5. "4 hurt as student opens fire in Ohio school cafeteria". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. February 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
6. "SRO Success Story: Immediate Response to Ohio School Shooting". www.nasro.org. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
7. "Two Students Shot at Madison High School in Ohio". NBC News. February 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
8. "Possible motive revealed in Madison High School shooting". WLWT. April 29, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
9. "Madison School shooter receives 6 years". WDTN. June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
10. "Families of Madison Jr./Sr. High School shooting victims file suit". WDTN. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.

External links

• District Website