Franklin Central High School

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Location
Franklin Central High School
6215 South Franklin Road Indianapolis, IN 46259
Information
School district	Franklin Township Community School Corporation
Principal	Mr. Kevin Koers
Enrollment	2,363
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Athletics	Indiana High School Athletic Association; Conference Indiana
Mascot	Flashes
Color(s)	Royal Blue and White
Established	1960
Information	(317) 862-6646
Homepage	Official website

Franklin Central High School (FCHS) is a 4-year high school located in Franklin Township, Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The high school's current enrollment is 2363 students as of 2007.^[1]It is the only high school under the responsibility of the Franklin Township Community School Corporation. Franklin Central was first established in 1960. The current school building was constructed during the years 1975 and 1976. The school underwent construction and renovation in 1990 and 2003. The high school accommodates approximately 2400 students with 408,000 square feet of floor space. Freshmen Academy will be built adjacent to Franklin Central High School and opens in the fall of 2009.

Franklin Central's school colors are royal blue and white. Franklin Central's athletic nickname is the Flashes. The de facto school mascot is named Captain Flash.

1 Athletics
2 Performing Arts
3 School Media
4 Alternative School
5 Trivia
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Athletics

Most recently the Franklin Central Cross Country Team was named the 2006 IHSAA State Runner-Up with Adam Green placing 4th in state and Jordan Mitchell placing 25th. Franklin Central's Boy's Varsity Basketball Team was named the 2007 Marion County Champions.

Franklin Central has won many state championships under the IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association). Franklin Central has won a total of 5 IHSAA state championships. 4 in football: 1980-81 (2A), 1981-82 (2A), 1982-83 (2A), 1990-91 (4A) and 1 in boys cross country 1998-99. Franklin Central High School is a member of the C.I. (Conference Indiana) which is known as one of the most competitive conferences in Indiana.

[edit] Performing Arts

Franklin Central is also home to the F.C. Singers and High Voltage showchoirs. F.C. Singers is a 48 member mixed showchoir that has competed regionally and nationally. High Voltage is an all female showchoir that is in its third year. The choral department hosts the Annual Hoosier Showchoir Classic which began in 2005.

The Franklin Central Marching Flashes performed at home football games and compete in class A marching bands competition during their season. Practices range from 3-9 hours a day 5 days a week. Until the summer of 2000, The Marching Flashes marched in track shows with a final competition at the INdiana State Fair. They won first place in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999. They were asked to leave the track competitions due to their numerous wins.

Every Fall, Winter, and Spring the drama department products a play, musical, or other show on stage. All students are free to try out, and production is usually two months.

[edit] School Media

WRFT-Flash FM, the high school radio station, was recognized as the best high school radio station by the Indiana Association of Student Broadcasters in 2004 and 2007.^[2]^[3] The radio station operates 24 hours a day. The radio station frequency is 91.5 FM.

The Pilot Flashes is the student published newspaper that is printed once a month. The Pilot Flashes was established in 1917. The Pilot Flashes publication has won multiple awards for page design and articles at the High School Journalism Day (J-Day) hosted by Ball State University.

[edit] Alternative School

Franklin Central High School offers an alternative education program called CHANCES. This program serves teens that have had behavioral problems, pregnant, socially withdrawn, habitual truants, or any other individual that feels a different learning environment that will help them far more excel in schoolwork than the stresses of a larger school by giving students an alternative means of acquiring a high school diploma. CHANCES offers a more relaxed learning environment at the same time stressing very important learning habits that will be essential to the students future. CHANCES is headed by Principal Rick French. Enrollment is around 50 students and scheduling reflects about the same as FCHS.

[edit] Trivia

Franklin Central High School is well known for the 2007 "teddy bear massacre" bomb threat.
Over the course of a week numerous shooting/bomb threats spread throughout the school.
The school took action by forcing security checkpoints to get inside the school, and increased police security.
Students were late by as much as 20-30 minutes getting to class as lines were long to get past the metal detectors and backpack searches.
Despite all the hype and record low attendance that day, no shooting took place, its believed that the hype was caused by a young man lashing out at "jocks".