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Marion Franklin High School

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Motto
  
South-side Pride.

School district
  
Columbus City Schools

Principal
  
Greg Costello

District
  
Columbus Public Schools

Colors
  
White, Red

Established
  
1953

Superintendent
  
Dr. Dan Good

Phone
  
+1 614-365-5432

Founded
  
1953

Marion-Franklin High School

Type
  
Public, coeducational high school

Address
  
1265 Koebel Rd, Columbus, OH 43207, USA

Similar
  
Eastmoor Academy High Sch, Walnut Ridge High School, Bishop Hartley High Sch, South High School, East High School

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Marion-Franklin High School (MFHS, Marion) is a four-year high school (grades 9-12) located on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, at 1265 Koebel Road. Marion-Franklin is one of 17 traditional high schools in the Columbus City Schools district. The school colors are red and white, with black as an unofficial color. The school mascot is the Red Devil.

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Administration

There are four administrators at Marion-Franklin High School: a head principal, an assistant principal (in charge of junior and senior classes), an administrator in charge of sophomores and a principal in charge of the freshman academy.

Fall

  • American football
  • Soccer
  • Girls' volleyball
  • Cross country
  • Girls' tennis
  • Golf
  • Cheerleading
  • Drill team (Marionettes)
  • Marching band
  • Mock trial
  • Winter

  • Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Girls' basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Spring

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Track and field
  • Scandal

    Several district employees were caught altering attendance records for struggling students in order to improve performance ratings. Because of this, former principal Pamela K. Diggs was fired in early 2014.

    Notable alumni

  • Eddie Milner, former MLB player (Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants)
  • Mike Tatum, former Marion basketball and football player; former four-time IFL champion, Sioux Falls (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)
  • Herb Williams, former NBA player (Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors)
  • John Williamson (born 1986), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • References

    Marion-Franklin High School Wikipedia