Gaffney High School

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Gaffney High School
GHS-Outside.jpg
Entrance in February 2006
Address
Gaffney High School
149 Twin Lake Road

Gaffney, South Carolina
29341

United States
Coordinates 35°4′4″N81°40′57″W / 35.06778°N 81.68250°W / 35.06778; -81.68250
Information
Other nameGHS
Type Public high school
School districtCherokee County School District
NCES School ID 450150000285 [1]
PrincipalEric Blanton
Teaching staff117.50 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,883 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.03 [1]
Color(s)Black and gold
  
Mascot Indian
Nickname Indians
NewspaperThe Indian Post
YearbookThe Cherokeean
Website ghs.cherokee1.org

Gaffney High School (GHS) is a public high school in Gaffney, South Carolina in the United States. It is part of the Cherokee County School District.

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History

The high school building was opened at its 65-acre (260,000 m2) campus for the 2000-2001 school year for twenty-two million dollars. Faulty construction work led to the district suing the bonding company, architects, and construction company. The district received a ten-million-dollar settlement, with six million of it for replacing brickwork and four million for mediation and architectural fees. [2]

In March 2007, the school board approved a plan to construct a "9th Grade Academy"; a separate building connected to the high school with a covered walkway. The new building will be used by freshman students, who numbered about 600 in the 2006–2007 school year, for classes and meals. School officials said the new building should relieve overcrowding on the campus, opened in 2001 with a designed maximum capacity of 2,000 students but with a 2006–2007 enrollment of about 2,100. [3]

The school board also approved a new stadium for the school's Twin Lakes Road campus. [4] The new stadium would replace the William K. Brumbach stadium, known locally as "the Reservation" and located at the former Gaffney High School site on East Frederick Street that is now home to Gaffney Middle School. [5] On the home side of the current stadium, Gaffney's teams enter through a tunnel, described by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal as "a revered entrance for Gaffney teams." [6]

The projected minimum cost of the stadium was $7.2 million, and another $1.5 million may be spent to build a new field track, more parking and a team meeting room, if school officials are able to get the money from contingency funds or if construction costs elsewhere come in under budget, according to a consultant for the school district. [4]

Athletics

Gaffney High School competes in the Class 5A Division of the South Carolina High School League.

State championships

Football – 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2021

Baseball – 2009

Basketball – 1949, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012

Softball – 2009

Boys Golf – 2003, 2018

Volleyball – 1982

Boys Cross Country – 1976

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ Spencer, Janet S. (January 24, 2007). "Masonry project at high school nearly over". Spartanburg Herald News.
  3. ↑ Spencer, Janet S. (March 15, 2007). "Second 9th grade facility to be built in Gaffney". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
  4. 1 2 Spencer, Janet S. (March 14, 2007). "Construction of new Gaffney stadium approved". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Janet S. (January 10, 2007). "Cherokee trustees look to cut costs for new stadium". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Janet S. (December 21, 2006). "Duncan woman files complaint over stadium's handicap access". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
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