Freeman High School is a public high school north of
Rockford, Washington
Rockford is a town in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The population was 470 at the 2010 census.
History
Rockford was first settled in 1878 by D.C. Farnsworth. The town took its name from a rocky ford on Rock Creek. Rockford was incor ...
and southwest of
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...
. It is a part of the adjacent three school Freeman School District facility that contains Freeman Elementary School, Freeman Middle School and Freeman High School.
Athletics
Freeman high school competes in Washington's Northeast A League. The school fields teams in the following sports:
* Fall: Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Volleyball
* Winter: Wrestling, Basketball
* Spring: Baseball, Golf, Softball, Tennis and Track & Field
Freeman's athletic teams are known as the Scotties. The elementary and middle schools were known as the Freeman Raiders until 2014. The original old Scottie dog logo was created by Freeman student Margee Noble.
History
The Freeman school district was formed in 1955 as a consolidation of the Rockford, Lindbergh, and Sunnyside school districts; there had been another Freeman school district prior to 1940, when it was annexed by Lindbergh.
2017 shooting
On September 13, 2017, a gunman
opened fire at Freeman.
The assailant, then 15-year-old sophomore Caleb Sharpe, brought two guns, an
AR-15 rifle
An AR-15-style rifle is any lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design. The original ArmaLite AR-15 is a scaled-down derivative of Eugene Stoner, Eugene Stoner's ArmaLite AR-10 design. The then Fairchild (aircraft manufactu ...
and a
Colt 1903
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (not to be confused with the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer or the M1903 Springfield rifle) is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearm ...
pistol then killed one student, who was attempting to prevent the shooting from taking place. Three other students were injured and taken to the hospital.
Sharpe pled guilty before his trial as an adult. In 2022, Sharpe was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 317 students enrolled in 20192020 was:
* Male – 53.8%
* Female – 46.2%
* Native American/Alaskan – 3.1%
* Asian/Pacific islanders – 2.4%
* Black – 1.2%
* Hispanic – 5.8%
* White – 85.6%
* Multiracial – 1.9%
22.3 percent of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
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References
External links
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High schools in Spokane County, Washington
Public high schools in Washington (state)
Mass shootings in the United States
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