Springboro High School is a public

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, United States, with a total of over 2,000 students and 120 teachers. The Springboro Community City School District serves the city of Springboro and parts of

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, Clearcreek, Wayne, and Turtlecreek townships. Springboro High School is the only public high school in the suburb of Springboro and the only high school in the Springboro Community City School District. The school has been ranked academically "excellent" on a consistent basis, the highest possible rating by the state of

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. SHS was established in 1893. In the 2011-12 school year SHS was honored as the top public high school in the

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and was recognized as part of the

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. The current home of SHS has been open since August 1998 with two new academic wings added on and opened in August 2006. It is Springboro's third building used as the high school within the past forty years.

Athletics

Springboro High School athletic teams are known as the

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, while the school colors are white and royal blue. The athletic program was a charter member of the

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from 1964, when it joined as Clearcreek High School, until 1998. After many years of winning the All-Sports Trophy in the former Mid-Miami League, Springboro left for the Greater Western Ohio Conference, keeping heated rivalries with Lebanon High School and

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Springboro Community Schools completed a multimillion-dollar partnership with

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, giving them naming rights to the stadium CareFlight Field, named for the hospital's "CareFlight" helicopter. This deal also provides CareFlight Field with turf surfacing, a new track, and a three-story building which will house doctors' offices and athletic facilities, along with an adjoining press box. It was completed in 2009. Along with the football facilities, SHS basketball coach Troy Holtrey raised over $23,000 during the summer of 2006 to build a state of the art locker room. It comes complete with custom built lockers, automatic-retracting projector screen with high quality sound, and custom Springboro Panthers carpeting.

Notable alumni

* Amy Tucker (Class of 1978), All-American Basketball Player for

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, assistant coach at

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* Brad Lamb (Class of 1986), NFL Football Player for the

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in 1992 and 1993; played in

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(Class of 2000), guitarist for Blondie, 2010–current. *

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(Class of 2004), outfielder,

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, 2011–2012. *

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(Class of 2006), tight end,

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2010–2011 (played in

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2012,

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2013.

References

External links

District Website
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