York Comprehensive High School is the sole high school in York County School District 1. Dr. John Tharpe serves as principal.[2] The school is located in York, South Carolina.
Due to the growth and aging of the original building, a new high school was built. The new high school is on Alexander Love Highway. The new campus will accommodate grades 9–12. Ninth graders had been housed at York Junior High for several years because the old York Comprehensive could not handle a large number of students. The new campus is designed to hold 1,800 students.
Sports, clubs, and activities
York Comprehensive athletes will compete in Region III–AAAA. Other schools in the region are:
AC Flora High School
Camden High School
Dreher High School
Lancaster High School
Richland Northeast High School
South Pointe High School
York's arch rival in sports is the Clover High School Blue Eagles. The rivalry is one of the oldest in the state.
The school's women's basketball team won the 2001–2002 AAA state championship.[3]
The women's basketball team, also led by Latta was a runner-up in the 2002–2003 AAA state championship.[4]
Controversy
In May 2015, the school became the center of a national controversy when it banned the act of flying large flags from vehicles on the school grounds. Soon after posts on social media, this ban got national attention, mostly due to the perception that this policy was an attack on the American flag itself. In response to protests and threats of litigation, the school reversed the flag ban, allowing the American flag to be flown on vehicles.[5]
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