A.C. Flora High School
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A.C. Flora High School
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One Falcon Drive Forest Acres, South Carolina United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°1′2″N 80°58′58″W / 34.01722°N 80.98278°WCoordinates: 34°1′2″N 80°58′58″W / 34.01722°N 80.98278°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Principal | Richard McClure |
| Faculty | 87 |
| Enrollment | 1350 |
| Schedule type | A/B day block scheduling |
| Athletics | 4A |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Rival | Dreher, Chapin |
| Website | flora |
A. C. Flora High School is a high school in Forest Acres, South Carolina, United States. It is part of Richland County School District One. The school has won many athletic state championships and numerous academic awards. Its enrollment as of 2011 is 1350 students.
In mid-October 1970, A. C. Flora closed temporarily because of racial tensions. The situation became an issue in the 1970 gubernatorial general election between Republican then U.S. Representative Albert Watson of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district and his successful Democratic opponent, then Lieutenant Governor John C. West. Democrats claimed the tensions were related to two aides of Watson who snapped pictures at the school, but law enforcement officials found no link between the aides taking pictures and the racial unrest there. Watson used the occasion to call for improved student discipline: "Education without discipline is worse than no education at all." The A. C. Flora case led the Spartanburg Journal to urge the candidates to omit school desegregation, already a fait accompli, from campaign discussion and to accent matters over which a governor would have more direct control once in office.
The A.C. Flora boys' golf team has won seven 3A state championships since 2001. Coach Harry Huntley, who holds the Richland Country District record for most state championship wins (eight), has coached 14 golfers who have gone off to play for college.
The A.C. Flora baseball team has multiple state championship and Upper State Championship wins in the past 10 years, and won the 2012 South Carolina 3A State Championship. They were ranked top 70 in the nation by MaxPreps at the end of the 2012 season. They won the 2013 International Paper Classic, a tournament held in Georgetown, SC. The A.C. Flora Baseball team has produced college players for the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, University of North Carolina, University of Tennessee, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina at Sumter, and many other schools. The Falcons won the 2014 International Paper Classic for the second year in a row and are currently ranked second nationally by Collegiate Baseball.
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