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Burlington Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Burlington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Burlington Township School District. A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ...
Burlington Township highlighted in Burlington County. ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1694 Seat Mount Holly Area - Total - Water 2,122 km² (819 mi²) 38 km² (15 mi²) 1. ...
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The Burlington Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Burlington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. ...
Athletics
The Burlington Township High School Falcons compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which includes 19 private and public high schools in the Burlington County area. The BTHS football team had won two consecutive Patriot Division titles and were moved up to the Liberty Division, where they pulled through the 2006-07 season with a 1-7 record. The first two games of the 06-07 season were forfeited due to an ineligible running back, overturning two games the team had won.[1] The Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) is a New Jersey high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). ...
Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1694 Seat Mount Holly Area - Total - Water 2,122 km² (819 mi²) 38 km² (15 mi²) 1. ...
The BTHS boys bowling team won the division championship with an 11-1 division record, and going 14-5 overall.
Allegations of religious intolerance On March 22, 2007, Burlington Township High School scheduled a simulated a Columbine-like school shooting, lockdown and evacuation where Burlington Township police detectives posed as Christian fundamentalists who became angry (when a student was expelled for praying before class) and begin shooting students in order to "seek justice." [2] The World Net Daily website ran the story on April 3, 2007. and quoted Bob Pawson, a spokesman of Scriptures In School, as characterizing the simulation as a "grotesque scenario saturated with Christian-bashing prejudice and bigotry; a scenario which could never possibly occur." [3] March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (82nd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. ...
A school massacre is an incident of attempted mass murder, involving at least one actual death, that occurs at a school. ...
A lockdown is an emergency protocol to prevent people or information escaping, which usually can only be ordered by someone in command. ...
Fundamentalist Christianity is a fundamentalist movement, especially within American Protestantism. ...
World Net Daily, also known as WND, is a conservative online news site. ...
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
In response to the news coverage, the Burlington Township School District issued an official statement saying:
- Any perceived insensitivities to our religious community as a result of the emergency exercise are regrettable. It was certainly not the intent to portray any group in a negative manner. We cherish, respect, and celebrate the diversity of cultures and faith that exist within our community" and the district respected the right of students and faculty to pray on school grounds. [4]
Administration Core members of the school's administration include:[5] - Mrs. Marie Phillips - Principal
- Christopher Ilconich - Vice Principal
- Keith W. Land - Vice Principal
References - ^ Maderia calls his Holy Cross return special, The Courier-Post, October 17, 2006
- ^ David Lavinskinsky. "Hostage Drill Prepares Student for Crisis" Burlington Tribune reprinted in www.phillyburbs.com (23 March 2007). Retrieved 3 April 2007
- ^ "School Portrays Shooters as 'Christian'.", World Net Daily, April 3, 2007) retrieved 3 April 2007
- ^ Burlington Township School District. Statement Regarding March 22, 2007 Emergency Exercise (undated) Retrieved 3 April 2007.
- ^ Administrative Staff, accessed March 31, 2007
The Courier-Post is a daily newspaper in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ...
October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
World Net Daily, also known as WND, is a conservative online news site. ...
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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