Miamisburg High School

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Miamisburg High School
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Gregory Whitehead
Students	1600 (Apprx)
Grades	9-12
Location	1860 Belvo Rd., Miamisburg, Ohio 45342, USA
Colors	Blue & White
Website	Miamisburg High School Website

Miamisburg High School is a public high school located in Miamisburg, Ohio serving grades 9-12. The principal is currently Greg Whitehead. Miamisburg High School is part of Miamisburg City Schools and is the only existing high school in Miamisburg. The mascot of this school is the Viking. Miamisburg High School is home to the top-notch Viking Marching Band conducted by Steve Aylward. The band has won many awards throughout its long history.^{[citation needed]} Miamisburg High School is also known for its guard, wrestling,cheerleading, swimming, football and baseball teams.

1 History
2 Student Statistics
3 Awards
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Miamisburg High School was built in 1972 and originally featured the controversial but then-popular open plan concept with three classroom pods forming a triangle around a center core and a huge 16,000 sf commons area, the largest "room" in the Miamisburg school district.

The academic pods were completely reprogrammed to follow a more traditional layout within just a few years and received its first addition in 1980. This 42,000 square foot expansion included a modern, 32,000 sf two-story gymnasium complex, locker rooms and fine arts classrooms. In 1982, a 16,000 sf classroom wing was added which gave the school 16 more classrooms.

Rounding out these expansions to the facility is a modern, 29,000 square foot, two-story, glass and brick addition put on the front of Miamisburg High School in 1993. This new classroom wing includes 21 classrooms, new administrative suites, a third teachers lounge, 5 science labs and a stunning, natural light-flooded, glass-encased Atrium which acts as a student commons area and a main entrance hall.

The school encompasses 186,375 square feet of floor space and has a 100% capacity mark set at 1,372 students. The school currently has over 1,600. There have been many high schools in Miamisburg but they have all been abandoned, relocated, or torn down. Miamisburg City Schools had plans to build a new, 2000-student comprehensive high school but voters turned down the idea for many years forcing the distrcit to scrap their plans. Throughout the 2000s the high school has been faced with many overcrowding problems.

On November 14, 2007 the Miamisburg School Board announced its plans to expand the high school once again in the form of a 45,000 square foot addition(s) and an extremely-extensive renovation of the existing facility. The addition is set to include another gymnasium, 15-20 classrooms, a new "cafetorium", and possibly a new media center. This could possibly open as soon as the 2010-2011 school year.

The Miamisburg community said YES to the $78.5 million bond issue on March 4, 2008. The issue will raise about $23 million for the MHS addition/renovation project and $31 million for a new middle school to serve 1500 students in grades 6-8. The bond issue also include $11 million for a seventh elementary school for 550 students, $11 million for an addition/renovation project combining historic Kinder Elementary School and Neff Elementary, and $4 million for security enhancements to all other buildings in the district. Construction should be complete in 2010 for the new elementary school, 2011 for the high school additions and new middle school and 2012 for the Kinder/Neff renovation and addition.

[edit] Student Statistics

There are 18 students per full time employed teacher, 89% of the students are White American, 7% of the students are African American, 2% of the students are Asian American or Pacific Islander American, 1% of students are Hispanic, 1% of the students are Multiracial,

Advanced Placement Coursework

AP English 12
AP Calculus
AP Chemistry II
AP U.S. History
AP Government
AP Spanish V

[edit] Awards

Miamisburg Guard World Championships, Winter Guard International: 1991, 1992, 1998.
National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award: 1997-1998 school year
Ohio Department of Education "Excellent Award": 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] Trivia

Miamisburg has been rated as "Excellent" since 2001 by the Ohio Department of Education. The school met all 12 of the state indicators for the 2005-2006 school year.^[1].