Thunder Ridge High school

Overview

Thunder Ridge High school is a small high school in Highlands Ranch,Colorado and is a Douglas County Public School. It was made in 1996 and currently has approximately 1608 students as of November 2007http://www.dcsdk12.org/portal/page/portal/DCSD/Schools/High_Schools/ThunderRidge_High_School

Problems

Thunder Ridge has been known for its drug and alcohol problems and has drug searches often. Many students report hearing about drug use in Thunderridge. However violence hasn't been that much of an issue at Thunder Ridge but on Nov 20, 2006, Todd Bennethum, 45, a Thunder Ridge High School science teacher, was charged with child abuse by causing bodily injury for hitting a child with a yardstick. Bennethum had been convicted of assault in 2004 after pleading guilty of hitting a softball player after a game. http://teachertrash.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html

Sports

Thunder Ridge is a school who is very active in sports and has won 14 state championship titles in a variety of sports since 200http://www1.dcsdk12.org/secondary/trhs/overview/index.htm Thunder Ridge's most focused on team is their football team because they are the ones who have the most wins out of any other sports team at Thunder Ridge. Parents have often complained that the school focuses more on sports than academics and Thunder Ridge has often had low testing scores.

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