Franklinton High School (North Carolina)

Franklinton High School
Address
910 Cedar Creek Road [1]
Franklinton, North Carolina 27525
United States
Coordinates 36°04′16″N 78°26′09″W / 36.071178°N 78.435872°W / 36.071178; -78.435872Coordinates: 36°04′16″N 78°26′09″W / 36.071178°N 78.435872°W / 36.071178; -78.435872
Information
School type Public, High School
Motto "A Tradition of Excellence"
Established 1907 (as all-graded school)
School board Franklin County Schools
School district Franklin County School District
CEEB code 341375 [2]
Principal Russell Holloman (2014-Present)
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1,060 (average)
Campus Rural
Color(s)      Red
     White
Mascot Red Rams
Website School Website

Franklinton High School is a public school for secondary education located near Franklinton, North Carolina, United States, about 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) southeast of the town. It serves the rapidly expanding western areas of Franklin County and has seen significant growth in the past several years. The new campus was constructed in 2010 to replace the old high school that was built in the town of Franklinton in 1923. The new high school currently serves grades 9 through 12 for students residing in the Franklinton and Youngsville areas. There was originally a high school located in Youngsville, but it was closed and students in Youngsville began attending Bunn High School in 1978. Youngsville High School was demolished and a new elementary school was built in its place.Youngsville Elementary School. The new Franklinton High School was opened to students on August 25, 2011 to start the 2011-2012 school year.

Franklinton High School is three floors although the building is situated on an incline. The lower level (downhill side) primarily consists of the cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium and trade wing including art, music, technology, shop and agrictulture. All of the sports fields are also on the downhill side heading towards Cedar Creek. Two floors are on the upper level (uphill side) which consist of the administrative offices and library along with the English, math, science, social studies and foreign language wings.

History

The old high school initially started as a graded school for white students in 1924, first known as Franklinton Public School. When schools were fully integrated in 1969, the upper grades were consolidated with B.F. Person-Albion High School which had educated African-American students. The lower grades were moved to that school and was renamed Franklinton Elementary School. Franklinton Public School became Franklinton High School. From 1969 until 2011, Franklinton High School included grades 6 through 12 before the new building was constructed.

First state high school athletic title

A North Carolina state high school athletic title in any varsity sport, boys and girls, has proved quite elusive for Franklinton High School Red Rams athletics. In the 90 years since the old high school first opened in 1924, as well as the former B.F. Person-Albion High School before integration, a state high school athletic title was never able to be achieved at Franklinton. The first ever came on May 10, 2014 when Franklinton High School senior Charity Snelling won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state title by clearing a bar at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 meters) in Class 2A girls' high jump for varsity track and field. Her coach was the late Trent Sanders, who died on September 11, 2014.

Franklinton High School will move to the 3A classification in the 2017-2018 school year and will compete in a newly formed conference with schools in Nash and Wilson County.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Franklinton High School website, Retrieved Oct. 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ High School CEEB Code Search
  • Franklinton High School; Town of Franklinton (1992). A Walk Through History: A Town Called Franklinton Celebrates Its 150th. Edited by Cheryl Faye Hollar. Cypress Creek Publications. Library of Congress Card Catalog #92-003897.
  • Youngsville Museum of History. Franklinton High School: Credits, Retrieved Oct. 18, 2014.
  • Franklinton High School website. Franklinton High School: Credits, Retrieved Oct. 18, 2014.
  • The Franklin Times: Back to School 2013. Franklinton High School: Credits, Retrieved Oct. 18, 2014.
  • The News & Observer: A State Title for Franklinton High at Long Last (May 26, 2014). Franklinton High School: Credits, Retrieved Oct. 21, 2014.
  • WRAL High School OT.com: Longtime Franklinton coach Trent Sanders dies (September 14, 2014). Franklinton High School: Credits, Retrieved Oct. 21, 2014.
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