Millard South High School

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Millard South High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The school was established in 1970 as Millard High School. It is one of four high schools within the Millard Public School District.

Millard South High School
Address
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14905 Q. St.

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Nebraska

United States
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Established1970 as Millard High School
School districtMillard Public Schools
PrincipalHeidi Weaver
Teaching staff155.59 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,607 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.71[1]
Color(s)Red, white, and blue      
MascotPatriots
NicknameIndians (pre-2000), Patriots (post-2000)
Websitemshs.mpsomaha.org

Millard South is a member of the Nebraska School Activities Association. Athletic teams are known as the Patriots. The school colors are red, white and blue.

Athletics

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The Patriots have won a number of state championships, listed in the table below.

State championships[2]
Season Sport Number of championships Year
Fall Football 2 1995, 2009
Cross country, boys' 2 2006, 2013
Golf, girls' 1 1978
Softball 6 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Winter Wrestling 19 Individual Team: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Dual Team: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023

Basketball, boys' 5 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991
Basketball, girls' 3 1989, 1992, 1996
Spring Track and field, boys' 1 1993
Track and field, girls' 1 1994
Cheerleading 5 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Baseball 3 1976, 1980, 2021
Soccer, boys' 1 2008
Total 49

2011 shooting

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On January 5, 2011, Robert Butler Jr., a 17-year-old senior at Millard South, was suspended that morning for trespassing on school grounds. He was involved in an incident in which he drove his car onto the school's football field on New Year's Day.

At 12:45 p.m., Butler returned to the school, armed with a Glock .40-caliber pistol that he had stolen from his father's cabinet, and signed in for an appointment with Kaspar. He then walked into her office and shot her. Moments later, principal Curtis Case ran out into the hallway and was shot several times in the chest and hip. Butler then walked into the front office area, firing randomly; gunshot debris caused minor injuries to the school nurse. Butler then left the school and drove 2 miles (3.2 km) to a nearby BP gas station, where he fatally shot himself inside his vehicle.[3] It was later reported that Butler had consumed K2, a type of synthetic cannabis before the shootings.[4]

During the shooting, Millard South went into a lockdown, which was later extended to include all 21,000 students in the Millard School District. Kaspar and Case were hospitalized at Saint Joseph Hospital at Creighton University Medical Center; several hours later, Kaspar died of multiple head and chest wounds.[5] The shooting was the deadliest school shooting in Nebraska's history and the second such incident in the state's modern history, the first being a 1995 shooting in Chadron that left a teacher injured.[6]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Nebraska School Activities Association" (English). Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Welch, Chris (January 6, 2011). "Slain assistant principal sent student home because of trespass charge". CNN. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. ^ Stoddard, Martha (February 16, 2011). "K2, guardianship bills OK'd". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Assistant Principal Dies From Injuries". Omaha, Nebraska: KETV. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Cordes, Henry J.; Ferak, John (January 6, 2011). "More details on Millard South school shooting". The Grand Island Independent. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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