Chardon High School (commonly Chardon, Chardon High, or CHS), is a
public high school
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in
Chardon,
Ohio
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,
USA
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, serving students in
grades
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8-
12. The school is part of the
Chardon Local School District
Chardon Local School District is a school district which serves part of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. It is based in Chardon, Ohio. In 2023, Niche ranked the district 84th best school district in Ohio out of 607 districts.
Schools
It oper ...
, with admission based primarily on the location of students' homes.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,153 students and 60.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 19.2.
Shooting
On February 27, 2012, six students were shot at the school by 17-year-old T.J. Lane.
According to local news reports, the six victims were chosen at random, countering early reports that a group of students were targeted. Three of the victims died. All Chardon local schools were immediately closed following the shooting, while the high school was put under a lock-down procedure. The entire school district was closed on Tuesday, February 28. The district board also canceled classes in all schools until Friday, with numerous counseling services available until then. On March 19, 2013, Lane was given three life sentences, one for each of the victims killed in the shooting.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
*Boys
Track and Field
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- Nick Elswick - 3200m - 2014
*Boys
Track and Field
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- Emil Heineking - 3200m - 2007
*Boys
Cross Country - Emil Heineking - 2006
*Boys
Track and Field
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- Ben Robinson - 800m - 2004
*Boys
Tennis
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- Stephen Rozek - 2002
*Boys
Wrestling
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- Danny Anderson - 1997
*Boys
Football
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- 1994, 2020, 2021
*Boys
Wrestling
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- Hank Inderlied - 1985
*Boys
Wrestling
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- Mike Davies - 1982, 1983
*Girls
Cross Country - 1978, 1979
*Girls
Track and Field
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- Juanita Vetter - One Mile Run - 1979
*Boys
Wrestling
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- Mark Vetter - 1978
*Boys
Wrestling
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- Leroy Kemp - 1973, 1974
*Boys
Cross Country - 1972
*Boys
Baseball
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- 2022
Notable alumni
*
Leroy Kemp
Leroy (Lee) P. Kemp, Jr. (born Darnell Freeman; December 24, 1956) is a former American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Kemp would achieve success at the high school, collegiate, and international levels.
Kemp started wrestling in only the 9 ...
, wrestler
References
External links
District Website
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High schools in Geauga County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
High School
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