Romeo Engineering and Technology Center
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62300 Jewell Road Washington, Michigan United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°45′15.30″N 83°00′44.50″W / 42.7542500°N 83.0123611°WCoordinates: 42°45′15.30″N 83°00′44.50″W / 42.7542500°N 83.0123611°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | Home of the bulldogs. |
| School district | Romeo Community Schools |
| Principal | Bernie Osebold |
| Grades | 9th-12th |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Yearbook | The Juliet |
| Website | http://www.romeo.k12.mi.us/pages/50948/romeo-engineering-and-technology-center |
Romeo Engineering and Technology Center is located in northern Macomb County, Michigan approximately 30 miles north of the city of Detroit. Romeo Engineering and Technology Center also known as RETC and is a satellite school of Romeo High School. The RETC was built and completed in 2003, originally the plan was to create a new separate school however funding failed so the decision was made to build a satellite school to reduce overcrowding at the main high school. The RETC has an area of 90,288 sq.ft., covers 77 acres, and cost $12,259,836 to build. The RETC offers Technology, advanced math and science programs, as well as most career programs. Students who wish to attend the RETC are bussed from the High School or drive to the school. Recently the school has installed solar panels across the roof, the project was completed in and turned on in December 2010. The solar panels were paid for by grants and can produce upwards of 19.8 Kilowatts (DC).
The RETC has encountered several incidents since being built in 2003. Three bomb threats were made against the school, one on October 10, 2007, during the week of homecoming, another a few weeks later on October 25, 2007, and the other in December 2007. The first incident occurred on October 10 when a bomb threat was written in the bathroom stalls stating that the school would blow up on October 12. A note was sent home to parents describing the situation and that it was optional for students to attend that day. As a precaution, backpacks and big purses were not allowed into the school and students were searched when entering. Earlier that morning the premises was searched by Macomb County Sheriff and their K-9 bomb sniffing dogs. The students homecoming pep assembly and dance were not cancelled; however, many precautions were in place such as purses, bags,and jackets were not allowed into several events and police presence was high at the events as well. The second event happened on October 25, when students tried to place a bomb threat through a pre-paid phone by calling the Romeo Police Department, the phone was tracked and the students were arrested. On the morning of December 7, 2007, a third bomb threat was found written on the walls of Romeo High School, stating that the RETC had a bomb inside, The buildings were evacuated until deemed safe by the Macomb County Sheriff. None of the threats proved to follow through and a bomb was never found in any case.
On February 24, 2010, a school bus parked outside RETC caught fire. The bus was originally set to bus students from the RETC to the high school as usual; however, the bus wouldn't start up properly and had a warning light. The students left the RETC on other buses and shortly after at around 2:15 PM the bus caught fire. No students were on the bus at the time and the bus driver made it off the bus without any injuries. The cause of the fire was determined to be an electrical fire.
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