Burlington High School (Kansas)

Burlington High School is a high school located in Burlington, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9–12, and operated by Burlington USD 244 school district. The school is the westernmost building in the northern education complex on the outer edge of the city limits. The school mascot is the Wildcat and the school colors are red, gray, and black.

History
In 1996, a courtyard and gazebo in the center of the facility was enclosed and converted to computer technology labs. In 2005, an addition was made to the athletics portion of the campus by adding baseball and softball diamonds, so the team could play closer to the school. In 2007, an addition was made to the athletics portion of the campus by adding a wrestling room so the team could have a bigger facility to practice in. Over the last decade, several security measures have been enacted to protect the students and faculty in the wake of incidents such as Columbine, even though there has been no reported serious cause to believe similar events will happen.

Campus
The front of the building houses the administration offices, band practice room and special services rooms. The school gymnasium is located on the western side of the main building. A wrestling wing is on the northwest corner of the school. The school also has a football field and track with a large red brick stadium and softball/baseball diamonds. To the east is the Middle School which houses grades 6 through 8. A courtyard and gazebo used to be in the center of the facility. However this was closed to the outside and turned into a technology lab and computer-aided drafting room.

Students
Burlington High attracts many transfer students due to its close proximity to Wolf Creek. During the refueling time period several families move in to help with the outage causing the Burlington, and the school student population to rise. Burlington High School is one of the largest 3A schools in the state of Kansas with a student population of 297. This occurred in 2003 after several large classes graduated without adequate replacements in the younger classes, dropping the district from 4A classification. As of the 2008 school year, the school went back up to a 4A being a very small one with only a few kids more than required for 3A.

Faculty
There are around 45 faculty members, 26 of which are teachers at Burlington High.

Athletics
The mascot of Burlington High is the Wildcats. The school offers many athletic programs including: football, wrestling, cross country, basketball, baseball, softball, track, golf, and volleyball. The basketball teams won the 2000 Kansas State Girls Basketball Championship, and the 2004 Kansas State Boys Basketball Championship, along with multiple showings in the tournament over the years.

Clubs
Burlington also offers Scholar's Bowl, drama, forensics, band, and vocal.

School publications

 * The school newspaper is called Cat Tracks; it is run by Sandy Loucks.

Notable alumni

 * Tyrel Reed, professional basketball player for RBC Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium, Played in college at University of Kansas