From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McKinney North High School
McKinney North High School
McKinney North High School cessful football program making it to the playoffs for 2
straight years. In 2011, the Bulldogs finished the regular
Address season at 6-4 and went to the payoffs for the first time in
2550 Wilmeth Rd. 5 years.
McKinney, Texas, 75070
USA
Extracurricular activities
Information
• The MNHS Band.
Type Public High School • The MNHS C-X Debate Team
Motto Recognize North • The McKinney North Orchestra
• The MNHS TTC
Established 2000
• The MNHS Theater
School district McKinney Independent School District • The MNHS Choir
Principal Jimmy Spann
Grades 9-12
Controversy
Scandal broke in 2006 with a group of cheerleaders from
Enrollment 1,700
McKinney North High School. Local news media coined
Campus type Suburb the term "the Fab Five" to refer to the girls. The group
Color(s) Navy & Orange
of five cheerleaders, one of whom was the daughter of
the then-school principal, Linda Theret, became notori-
Mascot Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs ous for truancy, rudeness in class, and violations of the
Website McKinney North High School school’s dress code. They also videotaped themselves
drinking in a limo, making sexually suggestive poses,
McKinney North High School (commonly North McKin-
North, buying condoms at an adult store, and other acts of mis-
ney North or MNHS is a public secondary school located
North, MNHS) conduct. Some of these videos were posted on MySpace
on 2550 Wilmeth Road in McKinney, Texas, USA. The and YouTube. The scandal broke into national news
school is part of the McKinney Independent School when the school’s cheerleading coach, Michaela Ward,
District. North was also recently updated to a "recog- resigned in protest in October of that year and began
nized" status via the TEA. talking to news and media outlets.
In December 2006, the District Board hired a Dallas
attorney, Harry Jones, to investigate the behavior of the
Academics cheerleaders with parents and teachers allegedly taking
McKinney North operates on a 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. no action. Then-Principal Theret was placed on paid ad-
schedule, which includes seven class periods and a thirty ministrative leave and later retired, and the superinten-
minute lunch period. Students may not leave campus dent has said she would not return to the school or any
during this time due to MISD’s closed campus policy. other campus.[1]
Most notably in Mr. Jones’s report, he noted that:
• A small group of "ultra-cool" CLs at the top of the
Athletics North "food chain" had resisted all authority
Despite the school’s short history, it has managed to (legitimate and hypocritical) and failed to recognize
achieve success in a myriad of events. The MNHS Lady- how they were hurting their community.
dogs won the 2006 4A U.I.L. Texas State Championship in • A few parents had failed to see discipline as a loving
soccer, The baseball and softball teams also have a sto- instruction about life—instead they had enabled
ried history in the playoffs making it to the State semifi- their children to a profound degree.
nals and area finals, respectively. Also, the cross-country • Theret, the principal, had failed to balance two of the
program has qualified for the U.I.L. state championship most important responsibilities in her life: principal
twice and has won 5 district championships in all. Also, and mother. Jones demanded that she be held
for Cross Country, Samantha Means won the 4A title, but principally accountable.
also set the Texas time record. They also have a very suc-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McKinney North High School
In October 2009, Theret joined the Laredo Independent dal, which Lifetime Television transmitted in August
School District in Laredo in Webb County in south Texas 2008; the name of the school was changed, as were the
as the new executive director of curriculum and instruc- names of the students and the teachers involved.[3]
tion, under the supervision of A. Marcus Nelson, the dis-
trict superintendent. Nelson defended his choice of
Theret, who was a colleague of his during the late 1990s.
References
"First of all, she’s been a 5-A high school principal" and a [1] "Cheerleading mess a team effort", Karen Ayres,
successful teacher for diverse, urban groups. Theret said The Dallas Morning News, December 8, 2006
that her entire career had been "focused on raising stu- [2] ^ Nick Georgiou, "LISD makes administrative hires:
dent achievement....I’m very interested in the science of Controversial principal is one," Laredo Morning
teaching, but the art as well."[2] Nelson said that Theret Times, October 23, 2009, p. 1
was his first choice among forty-six applicants for the po- [3] "Lifetime’s ’Texas Cheerleader Scandal’ movie
sition.[2] resurrects McKinney melodrama", Jacquielynn
The McKinney cheerleader scandal was portrayed in Floyd, Dallas Morning News, July 31, 2008.
2008 in the TV movie Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scan-
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