York High School (Virginia)
| York High School | |
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9300 George Washington Highway Yorktown, Virginia 23692 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°12′14.5″N 76°30′1.8″W / 37.204028°N 76.500500°WCoordinates: 37°12′14.5″N 76°30′1.8″W / 37.204028°N 76.500500°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Founded | 1954 |
| School district | York County School Division |
| Superintendent | Dr. Victor Shandor |
| Principal | Dr. Shannon Butler |
| Staff | Mrs. Stephanie Bolden, secretary |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,083 (2011-12) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Silver, Blue |
| Athletics conference |
Virginia High School League Bay Rivers District Region I |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Rival |
Tabb High School Grafton High School Bruton High School |
| Website | Official site |
York High School is a York County School Division high school located in Yorktown in York County, Virginia on U.S. Route 17 about 3 miles south of Yorktown.
The school was opened in 1954 and currently enrolls over one thousand students. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Bay Rivers District in Region I. The school is the home of the school division's television station and offers television production courses in the curriculum. The school is also the home of the York River Academy (a charter school that focuses on collaborative education teaching computer repair, cabling, and web design) and is the YCSD site for the International Baccalaureate Programme.
York High School was once home to the most powerful high school radio station in the United States, WYCS 91.5.
York High School opened in 1954 as the public school for grades 6 through 12 for the white children of York County under the separate but equal system, while the York County Training School in the Grafton area of York County would be used by black students. Before York High School opened, students attended other neighboring high schools: Poquoson, Magruder in Williamsburg, and Morrison in Newport News, later to be known as Warwick High School. Black students in Grades 1 - 12 attended the newly constructed James Weldon Johnson School. York High School issued its first student yearbook, then titled "The York Bugle," in 1955.
From 1955 to 1970, an avalanche of over 5,000 pupils descended upon the York County school system. This influx was largely due to white flight as families moved from the neighboring cities of Hampton and Newport News to the county following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision by the US Supreme Court that ordered racial integration of public schools. Cold War era expansions at military installations and defense industries in the area also brought some families in from out of state. Many changes to the schools came during that period as well. The year 1964 was the last year the school received funds from the district school levy. As of 1964, racial integration of YCSD schools began and the fall of 1967 marked the end of segregation. The James Weldon Johnson School, built on the same floor plan as YHS under the "separate but equal" emphasis during Segregation, became Yorktown Intermediate School.
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