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| principal = Lamar Rembert 
| principal = Lamar Rembert 
| teaching_staff = 95.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| teaching_staff = 95.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 23.11<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 24.47<ref name=NCES/>
| grades = 9–12
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 2,195 (2018–19)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1201260&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=120126001271|title=FOREST HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref>
| enrollment = 2,325 (2022–23)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1201260&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=120126001271|title=FOREST HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=April 7, 2024}}</ref>
| colors = Green, Gold & White {{color box|green}}{{color box|gold}}{{color box|white}}
| colors = Green, Gold & White<br>{{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}} {{color box|white}}
| mascot = Wildcat
| mascot = Wildcat
| rival = [[Vanguard High School]]
| rival = [[Vanguard High School]]
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'''Forest High School''' is a school in [[Ocala, Florida]], United States. It has an EMIT ([[engineering]]) program. The school's colors are green and gold and the school mascot is the Wildcat. As of 2014, it had an enrollment of some 2,058.
'''Forest High School''' is a school near [[Ocala, Florida]], United States. It has an EMIT ([[engineering]]) program. The school's colors are green and gold and the school mascot is the Wildcat. As of 2014, it had an enrollment of some 2,058.


Forest High School moved to its current location on Maricamp Road, southeast of the city limits of Ocala, in 2005. The school was originally on Fort King Street in Ocala, at the 1959 campus of Ocala High School. Prior to 1965, the school was [[School integration in the United States|for white students only]]. In 1965, a group of 34 students from the nearby [[black school]], [[Howard High School (Florida)|Howard High School]] began attending. In 1969 the courts mandated the schools became fully integrated and Howard was closed. [[Vanguard High School]] was opened the same year, and the Marion County School Board put to rest the name Ocala High School.<ref name="Class68">{{cite news |last1=Fillmore |first1=Andy |title=Howard High class of 1968 remembers good times, challenges of integration |url=https://www.ocala.com/article/LK/20131222/News/604149694/OS |access-date=13 May 2020 |publisher=Ocala Star Banner}}</ref>
Forest High School moved to its current location on Maricamp Road, southeast of the city limits of Ocala, in 2005. The school was originally on Fort King Street in Ocala, at the 1959 campus of Ocala High School. Prior to 1965, the school was [[School integration in the United States|for white students only]]. In 1965, a group of 34 students from the nearby [[black school]], [[Howard High School (Florida)|Howard High School]] began attending. In 1969 the courts mandated the schools became fully integrated and Howard was closed. [[Vanguard High School]] was opened the same year, and the Marion County School Board put to rest the name Ocala High School.<ref name="Class68">{{cite news |last1=Fillmore |first1=Andy |title=Howard High class of 1968 remembers good times, challenges of integration |url=https://www.ocala.com/article/LK/20131222/News/604149694/OS |access-date=13 May 2020 |publisher=Ocala Star Banner }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


Forest High School belongs to the [[Marion County School District (Florida)|Marion County School District]].
Forest High School is in the [[Marion County School District (Florida)|Marion County School District]].


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
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== Shooting ==
== Shooting ==
[[File:MCSO Surveillance Body Camera Video Forest High School Shooting.webm|thumb|left|MCSO Deputy Jim Long's body-camera footage of Bouche's arrest following the shooting]]
On April 20, 2018, at 8:29 a.m, a 19-year-old former student went on school premises armed with a [[Sawed-off shotgun|sawed-off]] [[Gauge (firearms)|16-gauge]] [[Winchester Model 12]] [[pump-action shotgun]], a black tactical vest, and a blue backpack full of gloves and shotgun shells.<ref>{{cite news |title=Images: Evidence, video stills from Forest shooting |url=https://www.gainesville.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2018/05/31/images-evidence-video-stills-from/817228007/ |access-date=1 June 2018 |publisher=The Gainesville Sun}}</ref> The perpetrator, later identified as Sky Bouche, shot once through a classroom door and a piece of the door hit one student in the ankle. Immediately after, Bouche surrendered to the school staff. Marion County Sheriff's Office School Resource Deputy Jim Long soon arrested him and took him into custody.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Is Deputy Jim Long? Resource Officer Stopped Forest High School Shooter |url=https://www.newsweek.com/deputy-jim-long-school-resource-officer-stopped-forest-high-school-shooter-895830 |access-date=16 October 2024 |publisher=Newsweek}}</ref> [[SWAT]] officers swept the school afterwards in search of any weapons or explosives.


On April 20, 2018, the 19th anniversary of the [[Columbine High School massacre]], a 19-year-old former student went on school premises armed with a shotgun and wearing a black tactical vest. The perpetrator, later identified as Sky Bouche, smuggled the gun into school in a guitar case. He shot once through a classroom door and hit one student in his ankle. Immediately after, he surrendered to the school staff. In 2021, Bouche was sentenced to 30{{spaces}}years imprisonment, with the possibility of [[parole]] only after 25{{spaces}}years, followed by an additional 30{{spaces}}years of [[probation]]ary release.<ref name="Class69">{{cite news |last1=Cutway |first1=Adrienne |title=Man who shot student at Forest High School sentenced to 30 years in prison |url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/04/22/man-who-shot-student-at-forest-high-school-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison/ |access-date=21 Sep 2021 |publisher=ClickOrlando}}</ref>
In court, Bouche stated that his reason for wanting to shoot up the school was because he figured it was the only way to get out of his violent home life.<ref>{{cite news |title=He fired a shotgun into a classroom door, police say, then said ‘sorry’ to the injured student|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/21/a-florida-school-shooting-suspect-charged-with-terrorism-says-sorry-to-injured-student/ |access-date=21 April 2018 |publisher=The Washington Post}}</ref> Bouche also stated that he chose to do it on April 20th since it was the 19th anniversary of the [[Columbine High School massacre]]. Bouche was charged with Terrorism, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Culpable Negligence, Carrying a Concealed Firearm, Possession of a Firearm on School Property, Possession of a Short-Barreled Shotgun, Interference in a School Function, and Armed Trespassing on School Property. In 2021, Bouche was sentenced to 30{{spaces}}years imprisonment, with the possibility of [[parole]] only after 25{{spaces}}years, followed by an additional 30{{spaces}}years of [[probation]]ary release.<ref name="Class69">{{cite news |last1=Cutway |first1=Adrienne |title=Man who shot student at Forest High School sentenced to 30 years in prison |url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/04/22/man-who-shot-student-at-forest-high-school-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison/ |access-date=21 Sep 2021 |publisher=ClickOrlando}}</ref> After Bouche was sentenced, he stated that he never intended to kill anyone, but wanted to "let people know there's something wrong" with him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former student who opened fire at Ocala school sentenced to 30 years in prison|url=https://www.wesh.com/article/sky-bouche-sentencing-shooting-ocala-school/36202871|access-date=21 April 2021 |publisher=WESH Orlando}}</ref>

Marion County School Board member Nancy Stacy cancelled all school gun-reform walkouts in Marion County due to the shooting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Florida school district cancels walkouts after shooting|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/us/florida-shooting-walkout-trnd/index.html|access-date=20 April 2018 |publisher=Cable News Network}}</ref> Deputy Jim Long was labelled "Florida School Resource Officer Of The Year" for his involvement in arresting Bouche on June 20th, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forest High's Jim Long Named Florida School Resource Officer Of The Year|url=https://www.wuft.org/public-safety/2018-06-20/forest-highs-jim-long-named-florida-school-resource-officer-of-the-year|access-date=19 October 2024 |publisher=WUFT}}</ref>


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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* [[C. Farris Bryant]] – [[Governor of Florida]] from 1961 to 1965
* [[C. Farris Bryant]] – [[Governor of Florida]] from 1961 to 1965
* [[Judd Davis]] – football place-kicker
* [[Judd Davis]] – football place-kicker
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* [[Erin Jackson]] - American Olympic speedskater
* [[Jonathan Johnson (baseball)|Jonathan Johnson]] – Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Jonathan Johnson (baseball)|Jonathan Johnson]] – Major League Baseball pitcher
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* [[Reid Nichols]] - Major League Baseball outfielder
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* [[Alex Shelnutt]] - drummer of American rock band [[A Day to Remember]]
* [[Mike Sullivan (golfer)|Mike Sullivan]] – professional golfer on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and the Champions Tour
* [[Mike Sullivan (golfer)|Mike Sullivan]] – professional golfer on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and the Champions Tour
* [[Mava Lee Thomas]] – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* [[Mava Lee Thomas]] – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* [[Rick Tuten]] – punter in the National Football League
* [[Rick Tuten]] – punter in the National Football League
* [[Tyrone Young]] – wide receiver in the National Football League
* [[Tyrone Young]] – wide receiver in the National Football League
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* [[Alex Shelnutt]] - drummer of American rock band [[A Day to Remember]]
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* [[Reid Nichols]] - outfielder Boston Red Sox
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* [[Erin Jackson]] - American Olympic speedskater


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 11:50, 22 October 2024

Forest High School
Address
Map
5000 Southeast Maricamp Road

Ocala
,
Marion
,
Florida
34480

United States
Coordinates29°08′39″N 82°03′59″W / 29.1441446°N 82.0664781°W / 29.1441446; -82.0664781
Information
School typePublic secondary
Established15 August 1969 (1969-08-15)
School districtMarion County Public Schools
SuperintendentDiane Gullett
CEEB code101258
PrincipalLamar Rembert 
Teaching staff95.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,325 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio24.47[1]
Color(s)Green, Gold & White
     
MascotWildcat
RivalVanguard High School
AccreditationFlorida State Department of Education
Websitewww.marionschools.net/fhs

Forest High School is a school near Ocala, Florida, United States. It has an EMIT (engineering) program. The school's colors are green and gold and the school mascot is the Wildcat. As of 2014, it had an enrollment of some 2,058.

Forest High School moved to its current location on Maricamp Road, southeast of the city limits of Ocala, in 2005. The school was originally on Fort King Street in Ocala, at the 1959 campus of Ocala High School. Prior to 1965, the school was for white students only. In 1965, a group of 34 students from the nearby black school, Howard High School began attending. In 1969 the courts mandated the schools became fully integrated and Howard was closed. Vanguard High School was opened the same year, and the Marion County School Board put to rest the name Ocala High School.[2]

Forest High School is in the Marion County School District.

Programs

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Engineering and Manufacturing Institute of Technology (EMIT)

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EMIT is a four-year magnet engineering program at Forest High School. EMIT aims to teach its students engineering fundamentals to prepare them for postsecondary colleges or universities in engineering. The curriculum is heavily project-based that often includes problem-solving tasks which must be built and later presented to teachers. These projects typically cover the basics of many engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, aerospace engineering, and more.

EMIT was created from a $1.2 million Florida Department of Education grant in 1994. An application is required to be considered for admission.

Shooting

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MCSO Deputy Jim Long's body-camera footage of Bouche's arrest following the shooting

On April 20, 2018, at 8:29 a.m, a 19-year-old former student went on school premises armed with a sawed-off 16-gauge Winchester Model 12 pump-action shotgun, a black tactical vest, and a blue backpack full of gloves and shotgun shells.[3] The perpetrator, later identified as Sky Bouche, shot once through a classroom door and a piece of the door hit one student in the ankle. Immediately after, Bouche surrendered to the school staff. Marion County Sheriff's Office School Resource Deputy Jim Long soon arrested him and took him into custody.[4] SWAT officers swept the school afterwards in search of any weapons or explosives.

In court, Bouche stated that his reason for wanting to shoot up the school was because he figured it was the only way to get out of his violent home life.[5] Bouche also stated that he chose to do it on April 20th since it was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. Bouche was charged with Terrorism, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Culpable Negligence, Carrying a Concealed Firearm, Possession of a Firearm on School Property, Possession of a Short-Barreled Shotgun, Interference in a School Function, and Armed Trespassing on School Property. In 2021, Bouche was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, with the possibility of parole only after 25 years, followed by an additional 30 years of probationary release.[6] After Bouche was sentenced, he stated that he never intended to kill anyone, but wanted to "let people know there's something wrong" with him.[7]

Marion County School Board member Nancy Stacy cancelled all school gun-reform walkouts in Marion County due to the shooting.[8] Deputy Jim Long was labelled "Florida School Resource Officer Of The Year" for his involvement in arresting Bouche on June 20th, 2018.[9]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "FOREST HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Fillmore, Andy. "Howard High class of 1968 remembers good times, challenges of integration". Ocala Star Banner. Retrieved 13 May 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Images: Evidence, video stills from Forest shooting". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Who Is Deputy Jim Long? Resource Officer Stopped Forest High School Shooter". Newsweek. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "He fired a shotgun into a classroom door, police say, then said 'sorry' to the injured student". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ^ Cutway, Adrienne. "Man who shot student at Forest High School sentenced to 30 years in prison". ClickOrlando. Retrieved 21 Sep 2021.
  7. ^ "Former student who opened fire at Ocala school sentenced to 30 years in prison". WESH Orlando. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Florida school district cancels walkouts after shooting". Cable News Network. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Forest High's Jim Long Named Florida School Resource Officer Of The Year". WUFT. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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