McKinney North High School

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McKinney North High School
The McKinney North Bulldogs
Motto	Recognize North
Established	2000
School type	Free public
District	McKinney Independent School District
Grade levels	9^th-12^th
Principal	Harvey Oaxaca (Interim)
Location	McKinney, Texas, USA
Campus	Suburban,
Enrollment	1,700
Faculty
Mascot	Bulldog
Colors	Orange and Navy
Homepage	McKinney North High School

McKinney North High School (commonly North, McKinney North, or MNHS) is a public secondary school located on 2550 Wilmeth Road in Mckinney, Texas, USA that serves ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students. The school is part of the McKinney Independent School District. North was also recently updated to a "recognized" status via the T.E.A.

[edit] Athletics

Despite the school's short history, it has managed to achieve success in myriad events. The MNHS Ladydogs won the 2006 4A U.I.L. Texas State Championship in soccer, The baseball and softball teams also have a storied history in the playoffs making it to the State semifinals and area finals, respectively. The Football Team was ranked #10 in the 4A State AP poll and #2 in the The Dallas Morning News Area 4A poll, they also have made trips to the playoffs in back to back in both 2005 and 2006. Also, the cross-country program has qualified for the U.I.L. state championship twice and has won 5 district championships in all. The MNHS Debate Team of Sid Singh and Craig Bell also qualified for the U.I.L. State Debate Championship in policy debate, a first for MNHS.

[edit] Controversy

In December 2006 the District Board hired a lawyer to investigate inappropriate behaviour of the cheerleaders with parents and teachers allegedly taking no action. Linda Theret, then Principal of the School, is on paid administrative leave, and the superintendent has said she will not return to the school or any other campus. ^[1]
As of December 21st, 2006, Theret quit her job as principal and left with a $75,000 paycheck. The assistant principal, Richard Brunner, is still on administrative leave.