Central Mountain High School
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Central Mountain High School is a public high school located in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania
, USA.
. Keystone Central is the geographically largest school district in Pennsylvania. Central Mountain's colors are royal blue, light blue and white, and their mascot is the Wildcat. The school is the combination of three other high schools, Lock Haven High School, Bald Eagle-Nittany High School
, and Sugar Valley High School, which were heavy rivals in the past. Construction of the building began in 1997 and the school was opened for the 1999-2000 school year. It was designed by the Quad 3 construction group.
by former Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jerry Sandusky
. The school district reported an incident involving Sandusky and a student (identified in court papers as "Victim 1") after the mother reported it in the Spring of 2008.
On November 22, 2011, it was reported that Victim 1, a 17-year-old senior at Central Mountain was forced to leave the school because of bullying. The other students blamed Victim 1 for Penn State University's firing of football coach Joe Paterno.
The Mother of Victim 1 alleged in a subsequent interview that the Principal, Karen Probst, and the Vice Principal, Steve Turchetta - who also serves as the varsity football coach - had actively tried to persuade her not to bring in the authorities to investigate. Although the Grand Jury indictment against Sandusky stated that the school called the police immediately upon being notified, Mother 1 states that is a falsehood. In fact, she was stunned to find that school authorities had given Sandusky complete access to her son during school hours, even to the point of allowing him to remove the boy from school property, and all without any parental notification or permission.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, USA.
School history
Central Mountain High School is one of two high schools in the Keystone Central School DistrictKeystone Central School District
The Keystone Central School District is a school district based in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania that includes public schools in Clinton County, and that serves students in Clinton County, Centre County, and Potter County...
. Keystone Central is the geographically largest school district in Pennsylvania. Central Mountain's colors are royal blue, light blue and white, and their mascot is the Wildcat. The school is the combination of three other high schools, Lock Haven High School, Bald Eagle-Nittany High School
Bald Eagle-Nittany High School
Bald Eagle-Nittany High School was a public high school in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania. The building has since been renovated and is now Central Mountain Middle School.-Overview:...
, and Sugar Valley High School, which were heavy rivals in the past. Construction of the building began in 1997 and the school was opened for the 1999-2000 school year. It was designed by the Quad 3 construction group.
Sports
Central Mountain sports are football, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls tennis, wrestling, track and field, golf, swimming, softball, and baseball. The school participates in PIAA. The school qualifies as an AAAA school but some sports play in AAA competition. They also participate in the newly formed Mountain League Athletic ConferenceJerry Sandusky
Central Mountain is the high school that originally brought to light the alleged sexual predation of minorsPenn State sex abuse scandal
The Penn State sex abuse scandal refers to allegations that former Pennsylvania State University football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulted or had inappropriate contact with at least eight underage boys on or near university property...
by former Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jerry Sandusky
Jerry Sandusky
Gerald Arthur "Jerry" Sandusky is a retired American football coach. Sandusky served as an assistant coach for his entire career, mostly at Pennsylvania State University under Joe Paterno, and was one of the most notable major college football coaches never to have held a head coaching position. ...
. The school district reported an incident involving Sandusky and a student (identified in court papers as "Victim 1") after the mother reported it in the Spring of 2008.
On November 22, 2011, it was reported that Victim 1, a 17-year-old senior at Central Mountain was forced to leave the school because of bullying. The other students blamed Victim 1 for Penn State University's firing of football coach Joe Paterno.
The Mother of Victim 1 alleged in a subsequent interview that the Principal, Karen Probst, and the Vice Principal, Steve Turchetta - who also serves as the varsity football coach - had actively tried to persuade her not to bring in the authorities to investigate. Although the Grand Jury indictment against Sandusky stated that the school called the police immediately upon being notified, Mother 1 states that is a falsehood. In fact, she was stunned to find that school authorities had given Sandusky complete access to her son during school hours, even to the point of allowing him to remove the boy from school property, and all without any parental notification or permission.