Platte Canyon High School

Platte Canyon High School
View of the school from U.S. Highway 285
Address
Map
57243 U.S. Highway 285

Bailey
,
Colorado
80421

United States
Coordinates39°25′16″N 105°32′09″W / 39.42118°N 105.53589°W / 39.42118; -105.53589
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1957; 67 years ago (1957)
School districtPlatte Canyon 1
CEEB code060075
NCES School ID080237000087[1]
PrincipalMike Schmidt[2]
Teaching staff16.45 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment224[1] (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.62[1]
Color(s)Royal blue and silver
  
Athletics conferenceCHSAA
MascotHusky
Feeder schoolsFitzsimmons Middle School
Websitepchs.plattecanyonschools.org

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

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,[3] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] Morrison then shot and killed himself. The other female was not wounded.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Platte Canyon High School (080237000087)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet Our Administration - Platte Canyon High School". Platte Canyon School District 1. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Colorado Sheriff: High School Assault of Sexual Nature". CNN. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Student Injured, Gunman Dead In School Standoff". CBS Broadcasting. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
  5. ^ "Hostage in school standoff dies". NBC News. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2015.