BRUSHY PRAIRIE â Prairie Heights High School has been recognized by the U.S. News and World Report for eight consecutive years now as one of Americaâs best high schools.
This year, Prairie Heights was ranked 80th in the state and 4,176 in the nation, landing the school in the top 21% in the state and top 23% of high schools in the United States. Locally, only Westview School Corp. ranked higher.
âWe are honored to continue to be recognized at the state as well as national levels for the work of our students, staff and community,â said Principal Jeremy Swander.
The ranking includes nearly every public high school across the country, totaling almost 18,000 schools.
SASKATOON The Saskatoon Fire Department says it is left with no other option than to close the entire Prairie Heights high-rise. “Despite our efforts to ensure the building was safe, clean and not a fire hazard, we cannot get ahead of the constant vandalism, squatting, drug trade, risky and unhealthy behaviours,” Assistant Chief Yvonne Raymer said in a news release. “We cannot allow people to live in this building until significant changes are made.” According to the fire department, the latest inspection of the building revealed a water leak that is starting to seep through drywall and leak into the elevator and collecting in the elevator shaft.
On Wednesday, an inspection revealed a water leak from an unknown source in the building. The fire department turned off the water, which meant there was no operational sprinkler system, Raymer said. Electricity was turned off to reduce the risk of fire, but that meant the fire alarms would go into battery backup mode and be drained, so there would be no fire alarm system either. We can t continue to fix the protection systems and keep everything going, Raymer said. It s just not feasible at this point. It s just going to end up costing them more than what it s worth for the last 15 residents.
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4:45 p.m. â Varsity track at Eastside.
5 p.m. â Middle school track with Fremont and Prairie Heights, here.
5:30 p.m. â Reserve baseball at Central Noble.
5:30 p.m. â Varsity baseball with Central Noble, here.
5:30 p.m. â Reserve softball at Central Noble.
5:30 p.m. â Varsity softball with Central Noble, here.
Wednesday
5:30 p.m. â Varsity baseball with Columbia City, here.
5:30 p.m. â Reserve baseball at Columbia City.
Thursday
5 p.m. â Reserve softball at Eastside.
5:30 p.m. â Reserve baseball at Eastside.
5:30 p.m. â Varsity softball with Eastside, here.
5:30 p.m. â Varsity baseball with Eastside, here.
Friday
Saturday
9 a.m. â Varsity softball hosting Garrett Invitational with Manchester, New Haven and South Adams.