Staunton High School

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Staunton High School
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Staunton High School
Address
Staunton High School
1200 North Coalter St.

Staunton
,
Virginia
24401

United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 38°9′53.6″N79°3′11.5″W / 38.164889°N 79.053194°W / 38.164889; -79.053194
Information
Funding typePublic school
School board Staunton City Public Schools
PrincipalNate Collins [1]
Teaching staff64.36 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment755 (2017–18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio11.73 [2]
LanguageEnglish (Language Classes include Spanish, French, Latin, and American Sign Language)
Color(s)Blue and silver   
Athletics conference AA Valley District
MascotStorm
Rivals Waynesboro High School, Fort Defiance High School
NewspaperThe Traveler
Website Staunton High School
Staunton High School
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Original Complex
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Location274 Churchville Ave., Staunton, Virginia
Coordinates 38°9′53.6″N79°3′11.5″W / 38.164889°N 79.053194°W / 38.164889; -79.053194
Area5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectT.J. Collins & Son
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 09000122 [3]
VLR No.132-0037
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 2009
Designated VLRDecember 18, 2008 [4]

Staunton High School is a public high school in Staunton, Virginia, United States. It is a part of Staunton City Schools, a public school district that also includes three elementary schools, a middle school, and an alternative education program.

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History

Staunton High School was originally opened in the early 1900s and renamed Robert E. Lee High School in 1914 during the monthly school board meeting held on April 30, 1914 at the urging of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [5] The school was named after Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army, who also led the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The original building, at 274 Churchville Avenue, is in Colonial Revival style. The two-story brick central block is topped by a slate hipped roof with a cupola in the center and strongly detailed pediments facing the street. Flanking wings were added in 1954.

In 1983, the school moved to what had been John Lewis Junior High School, on North Coalter Street. The original building subsequently housed a summer ESL school and a parochial school operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond, and was later renovated into senior apartments. [6] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [3]

In July 2014 The News Leader received a letter to the editor that suggested renaming Robert E. Lee High School; [7] The majority of the newspaper's editorial board and key employees agreed and suggested possible names. [8] In August 2017, in the wake of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the editorial board stated that it may be "tougher" to keep the school named after Lee. [9] In October 2018, after months of debate, as well as "focus groups and community listening sessions" conducted by the Virginia Center For Inclusive Communities, the Staunton School Board voted 4–2 in favor of renaming the school. [10] The next month, following a public survey with over 4,000 submissions, it was decided the school would return to its original name, Staunton High School. The change took effect on July 1, 2019. [11]

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  5. ↑ "Our high school's name is rooted in the Lost Cause". The News Leader. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  6. ↑ Mark McConnel (August 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Robert E. Lee High School" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2014-01-25. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ↑ Editorial Board (2017-08-19). "Keeping R.E. Lee school name gets tougher with each racist clash". The News Leader . Retrieved 2017-08-21. – Statement by the majority opinion of the newspaper editorial board as well as three key employees: the president, the executive editor, and the news director; the latter three were, respectively, Roger Watson, David Fritz, and William Ramsey.
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