Millard South High School

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Millard South High School
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Millard South High School
14905 Q. St.

Omaha
,
Nebraska

United States
Information
Type Public high school
Established1970 as Millard High School
School district Millard Public Schools
PrincipalHeidi Weaver
Teaching staff134.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,508 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.72 [1]
Color(s)Red, white, and blue    
MascotPatriots
Nickname Indians (pre-2000), Patriots (post-2000)
Website mshs.mpsomaha.org

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.

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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

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

State championships [2]
SeasonSportNumber of championshipsYear
Fall Football 21995, 2009
Cross country, boys' 22006, 2013
Golf, girls' 11978
Softball 62005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Winter Wrestling 19Individual Team: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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

Basketball, boys' 51983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991
Basketball, girls'31989, 1992, 1996
Spring Track and field, boys' 11993
Track and field, girls'11994
Cheerleading 52012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Baseball 31976, 1980, 2021
Soccer, boys' 12008
Total49

2011 shooting

Millard South High School shooting
Location Omaha, Nebraska, United States
DateJanuary 5, 2011
12:45 pm (UTC-6)
Target Millard South High School
Attack type
 School shooting
Murder-suicide
Weapons Glock .40
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorsRobert Butler Jr.

On January 5, 2011, Robert Butler Jr., a senior at Millard South, was suspended for trespassing on school grounds after an incident in which he drove his car onto the school's football field on New Year's Day. The suspension was imparted by assistant principal Vicki Kaspar and resulted in Butler being escorted out of the school by security. 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]

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References

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  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.
  7. ↑ "Safi Rauf", Wikipedia, January 17, 2023, retrieved January 29, 2023

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