Strasburg-Franklin High School
Encyclopedia
Strasburg-Franklin High School is a public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Strasburg, Ohio
Strasburg, Ohio
Strasburg is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,310 at the 2000 census.Strasburg is the location of the Lynn Auto Theatre.-Geography:Strasburg is located at , along Sugar Creek....

. It is the only high school in the Strasburg-Franklin Local School District. Their nickname is the Tigers.

The first public school in Strasburg was constructed in 1881 at a cost of $5000
, and was located on South Wooster Avenue. This building has since been demolished and the current buildings reside at 140 N Bodmer Avenue.

The first school building in the current location was built in 1912. A new high school was finished in 1939 some yards to the north of the old building. In 1957, two additions were opened, one linking the existing buildings, and the other housing new classrooms on the south end of the 1912 building. The older building houses K-6, a small gymnasium, and elementary school offices. The 1939 building houses 8-12. The connecting addition houses school district administrators, high school principal, a gymnasium, cafeteria, band rooms, industrial education, and art facilities. All these buildings are to be demolished by 2012.

State and local funding was appropriated to construct new buildings just west of the old buildings. The first building opened in 2007. The second building, housing the high school and connected to the first building, opened in 2010. using funds from the big tobacco settlement. Local boosters are raising funds to finish athletic and other facilities prohibited by state law from using state funding to construct.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

  • Boys Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     – 1967
  • Girls Softball
    Softball
    Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

    – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2009, 2011
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK