Reynolds High School (Troutdale, Oregon)
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1698 SW Cherry Park Road Troutdale, Oregon, Multnomah County 97060 United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′44″N 122°24′06″W / 45.52887°N 122.401637°WCoordinates: 45°31′44″N 122°24′06″W / 45.52887°N 122.401637°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1957 |
| School district | Reynolds School District |
| Principal | Wade Bakley |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2822 |
| Color(s) | Forest green, silver and white |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Mt. Hood Conference 6A-3 |
| Mascot | Raiders |
| Newspaper | The Reveille |
| Website | www.reynolds.k12.or.us/rhs |
Reynolds High School is the only public high school in Troutdale, Oregon, United States, in the northeastern part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is part of the Reynolds School District, and is the second-largest high school in Oregon.
The school takes its name from the school district, which was named for the Reynolds Aluminum plant in the city that closed in 2000.
On May 29, 1979, a three-alarm fire injured three students and damaged the gym and theater.
Reynolds High School merged with Columbia High School in 1989. Columbia High School is now the site of Reynolds High School, and the former Reynolds High School is now one of three middle schools in the district, Reynolds Middle School.
On June 10, 2014, an active shooter situation occurred at the school during morning period. One student, 14-year-old freshman Emilio Hoffman, was killed. A physical education teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The shooter, 15-year-old Jared Michael Padgett, who was using an AR-15 and also equipped with a handgun and a knife, engaged a responding officer in a gunfight before retreating inside a school bathroom, where he fatally shot himself.SWAT and FBI agents secured the school. The students were evacuated and were released to their parents at a nearby Fred Meyer store. The shooting occurred on the second-to-last day of the school year.
During the evacuation, a second gun, which was unrelated to the shooting, was found at the scene and one person, who did not have a permit to carry a concealed firearm, was taken into custody. The individual confessed to bringing the gun to the school to protect his sister, a freshman at the school.
Padgett planned to pursue a career in the United States Armed Forces. He was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, and his oldest brother served in the military in Afghanistan. Padgett had managed to acquire his weapons from a secured area in the family home.
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