The first institution labeled as a "high school" was Edinburgh's Royal High School in Scotland, which was founded in 1128.The Royal High School was used as a model for the first public high school in the United States, Boston Latin School, founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1635. Boston Latin School was initially a private school, so although it did become the first public …

The public school system in Fairfax County was created after the Civil War with the adoption by Virginia of the Reconstruction-era state constitution in 1870, which provided for the first time that a free public education was a constitutional right.The first superintendent of Schools for Fairfax County was Thomas M. Moore, who was sworn in on September 26, 1870.

Columbine High School (CHS) is a public high school in Columbine, Colorado, United States, in the Denver metropolitan area.It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district.. In 1999, it became the scene of an infamous mass shooting, where 12 students and one teacher were murdered by senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold before the pair committed suicide.

The following are the oldest public high schools in the United States that are still in operation. While some of these schools have operated as private schools in the past, all are currently public schools.The list does not include schools that have closed or consolidated with another school to form a new institution.

Maynard H. Jackson High School (MJHS, or Jackson High) is a high school of approximately 1,000 students, with the capacity for 1,500.Jackson High is located in southeast Atlanta, Georgia, United States along the BeltLine in Grant Park, just south of I-20.The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools.In July 2017, Dr. Adam Danser was appointed as principal.

The Steubenville High School rape occurred in Steubenville, Ohio on the night of August 11, 2012, when a high school girl, incapacitated by alcohol, was publicly and repeatedly sexually assaulted by her peers, several of whom documented the acts on social media.The victim was transported, undressed, photographed, and sexually assaulted. She was also penetrated …

A. C. Flora High School is a public high school located in the City of Forest Acres, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia.The school is one of seven high schools operated by Richland County School District One.The school was founded in 1959 to ease overcrowding and accommodate growth in the Forest Acres area, and the school was named for Abram Cline …

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Montgomery High School is a public high school located in Santa Rosa, California. It is part of the Santa Rosa High School District, which is itself part of Santa Rosa City Schools. Montgomery High School was named after Bill Montgomery. Montgomery is considered the first person from the city of Santa Rosa to have died in World War II.

The first folk high school was founded in Rødding, Denmark, in 1844.It began on the initiative of Christen Kold, who was a follower of Grundtvig.The school was inspired by the need to educate those not fortunate enough to have an education and the poor, or peasantry, who could not spare the time or the money to attend a university.Among the other old folk high schools in Denmark …