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Most high schools around the Charleston area have a stadium like that. My school never fills the stadium, but even on the worst nights, they draw 2,500. There's some games where they can easily get 5,000, sometimes close to 6,000 people.
The largest schools in the area often fill their stadiums (at least 5,000-9,000). I've seen Summerville games with over 10,000 in attendance, often outdrawing even the Citadel. In the Upstate, it's bigger. Schools like Byrnes and Dorman have equivalent facilities to many FCS colleges.
Most high schools around the Charleston area have a stadium like that. My school never fills the stadium, but even on the worst nights, they draw 2,500. There's some games where they can easily get 5,000, sometimes close to 6,000 people.
The largest schools in the area often fill their stadiums (at least 5,000-9,000). I've seen Summerville games with over 10,000 in attendance, often outdrawing even the Citadel. In the Upstate, it's bigger. Schools like Byrnes and Dorman have equivalent facilities to many FCS colleges.
This is Dorman's stadium:
I think it depends on how much the community supports and care about Football. While NY isn't necessarily known for being a HS Football hotbed, there are schools with top flight stadiums. Schools like Vestal, Union-Endicott, Cicero-North Syracuse, Jamestown, Rome Free Academy, Hornell, Corning, Liverpool, Shenendehowa, Amsterdam and Watertown, among others.
Same things I mean when I say a full sports program. Plus a bowling program and a rifle shooting team. Along with a Jazz band, a pep band for the bleachers during the football games as well as a full Marching band.
Even the Middle School (6-8th grades) has an in school TV station and morning news program; along with the above sports and their own band.
Bigger doesn't always mean better. Sometimes smaller is better. Smaller classes, More guidance, all the programs of most larger schools, plus the additional benefit of ALL teaches knowing all kids in the school (along with their parents and sometimes grandparents.) Don't think a larger school automatically means the smaller ones can't/don't have the same programs or opportunities for the kids who attend.
Our school systems doesn't need their own Performing arts center, they use the local colleges' new (finished summer 2010) state of the art performing arts center for their bigger productions.
High school I went too had a jazz and pep band too. And also we had golf. And I forgot to mention we had tennis too.
I went to a small school in WV, 800 students (now 900)
WV class AA out of classes. Will be AAA in 2012
We had the following:
AP/College Level
Business
Forensic Science
Webpage Design
Computer Graphics
Photography
German
Spanish
French
Japanese
A dynasty in "We The People" ---constitutional debate (5 state titles in 8 years)--- I was on one of them that won!
Football
Basketball B/G
Vollyball
Soccer B/G
Baseball
Softball
Tennis G
Wrestling
Swimming B/G
Lacrosse B/G
Cross Country B/G
Track B/G
Golf B
Show Choir
Drama
Band
2,000 seat stadium (new)
rubber track
Baseball Field
Softball Field
Tennis Courts
Main BBall Gym
Practice Gym
4 computer labs
library/media center
shop room (4rooms total)
music/drama wing (5 rooms total)
3 sets of locker rooms (1 set for football field)
2 science labs
1 HUGE art studio
New 500 seat theater (first class)
Cafeteria
Commons Area/Lobby
distance learning lab
It is the 5th largest school out of 8 in Kanawha County.
Wow, your school has the same amount of people as mine but more stuff.
When did your high school get lacrosse, and swimming?
And two gyms? Damn. Im impressed.
My school didnt have wrestling or water polo. Which always struck me as odd for a school of 800 students. I felt my principal didnt do a good enough job making money for our school.
Fine Arts:
-Marching band w/ winter guard
-concert band
-jazz band
-choir
-drama
-choral choir
-art
-photography
Facilities:
-Shop
-Ag farm
-baseball field (facility was at elementary school)
-softball field
-dirt track field
-soccer field
-football field
-practice field
-performing arts theater
-2 computer labs
-art studio
-cafeteria
-multipurpose room
-band/choir building
-enclosed area for library, administration, and science classes
-4 locker areas (one for football)
-weight room
Other:
-wing for english and foreign languages, math, science, and history
-sign language, french, and spanish
-several AP Courses
My town only has 7,600 population. With a library under construction, Trader Joes, highway patrol, sheriff, fire station, hospital, two parks, community services district, two coffee shops, many boutiques, two gas stations, donut shop, one taco place, one delivery pizza place, two yoga places, and several wine tasting rooms.
Both proms were at wineries.
And I hated high school. Didnt make many friends at my high school. Didnt like anything special at my high school. Sports, prom, grad night, dances, and high school life wasnt all that special to me. Working and taking college classes and living in a college freshmen dorm had more meaning to me.
And my middle school was your basic middle school of 500 students and a tv thing in the morning.
Last edited by the city; 07-26-2011 at 12:33 AM..
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