Columbia High School (Florida) Explained

Columbia High School
Streetaddress:469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive
City:Lake City
State:Florida
Zipcode:32025
Country:United States
District:Columbia County School District
Principal:Trey Hosford
Ratio:21.44
Type:Public
Fight Song:Onward Victorious
Rival:Suwannee High School, Gainesville High School
Colors:Purple and Gold
Nickname:Tigers
Yearbook:The Columbian
Founded:1888[1]
Teaching Staff:81.00
Enrollment:1,737[2]
Enrollment As Of:2022–23
Feeders:Lake City Middle School

Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Lake City, Florida. The school's mascot is the Fighting Tigers and the colors are purple and gold.[3]

History

The school was founded in 1888. The 1921 building, which was replaced in 1957 by a new building on Duval street, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] In 1935 the school was accused of cheating in football by playing a 21-year-old student who lived outside the county. A judge ordered them to be suspended from the Athletic Association and cancelled the rest of their games.[5]

Censorship

In 1986, despite opposition from the ACLU, the school district banned Chaucer's The Miller's Tale and Aristophanes Lysistrata from the school because of sexual content.[6] [7] This decision was ultimately upheld by the courts in 1989 in the case Virgil v. School Board of Columbia County.[8] [9] A 1993 attempt to ban Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was defeated due to the intervention of a local librarian.[10]

Integration

Prior to 1969, Columbia was for White students only. In 1969, when the schools were forced to integrate by federal courts, students from the all-Black Fort White High School were sent to Columbia High School, but the district did not fully integrate Columbia at that time and defied a federal court order to do so in January, 1970.[11] The court allowed them to delay until February.[12] Students from Fort White continued to attend Columbia for over 30 years, when a new Fort White High School was built. In 1979, a Black student was accused of improper behavior towards a White female. The Black student was suspended, which led to a boycott of the school by Black students, and McKinley Jeffers, a Black assistant principal was fired.[13]

Activities

Extra curricular activities at the school include the FIRST Tech Challenge team The Flying Tigers, the Academy of Graphic Design, Academic Team, Athletics, Band, Color Guard, and two chapters of Future Farmers of America. The football program lists regional championships in 1969, 1998 & 2003; made it to the Quarter-Finals in 1975, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2001 & 2002, and one State Championship victory in 1967.[14]

The Columbia High School Marching Band has been ranked superior in the Florida Bandmasters Association's Marching Performance Assessment for 16 years.[15] The CHS Drumline has a long lasting record of superiors at the State level, they've received 5 straight, as of 2023.

Columbia high football has been an important part of the community since it began, it won a state title back in 1967, and were runners-up in 1964 and 1997. It was at one time, the winningest program in the state of Florida.[16] [17]

Columbia high athletics have been competitive over the years winning a total of 8 state titles, and producing many notable alumni in its past.

Sports

State championships

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Columbia High School .
  2. Web site: COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL. National Center for Education Statistics. June 28, 2024.
  3. http://www.lakecitychamber.com/Community_Profile.asp
  4. Book: Florida MPS Columbia County High School . File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Florida, 1/1/1964 - 12/31/2013 .
  5. News: Columbia High School suspended by FHSAA for playing a 21 year old student from outside the county . Tallahassee Democrat . 17 November 1935 . 8 .
  6. News: Columbia County High School ban's Aristophanes and Chaucer . Tampa Bay Times . 29 May 1986 . 32 .
  7. News: Columbia High School bans Chaucer. Lake City, Florida . The Honolulu Advertiser . 29 September 1989 . 20 .
  8. Web site: Burned Books .
  9. Web site: The Right to Read: Exploring Book Challenges and Bans . 2 March 2023 . Carolina K-12.
  10. Web site: Censorship foe wins recognition .
  11. News: Columbia High School Lake City, Florida integration . Fort Lauderdale News . 21 January 1970 . 16 .
  12. News: Columbia High School Lake City, Florida . The Bradenton Herald . 21 January 1970 . 2 .
  13. News: Students end boycott in Columbia County . Tallahassee Democrat . 21 March 1979 . 19 .
  14. Web site: Football 2006-07 Championship Records . . November 16, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221065114/http://www.fhsaa.org/records/rec_fb.pdf . December 21, 2008 .
  15. Web site: History - the Pride of Columbia County . 2015-05-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527225943/http://www.theprideofcolumbiacounty.com/history.html . 2015-05-27 .
  16. Web site: 1960's State Championship Game Results | Florida HS Football.
  17. Web site: 1990's State Championship Game Results | Florida HS Football.
  18. Web site: Boys Basketball 2006-07 Championship Records. FHSAA. January 3, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060715114642/http://www.fhsaa.org/records/rec_bbb.pdf. July 15, 2006.
  19. http://www.nfhs.org/web/2004/01/athletes_nw.aspx
  20. Web site: Boys Track and Field 2005-06 Championship Records . FHSAAZaccessdate=January 20, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071025173747/http://www.fhsaa.org/records/rec_trb.pdf . 2007-10-25 .
  21. Web site: Scott Adams Stats . Pro-Football-Reference.com . June 3, 2022 . en.
  22. Web site: Brian Allen Stats . Pro-Football-Reference.com . June 3, 2022 . en.
  23. Web site: Usatoday.Com . Usatoday.Com . 2005-05-18 . 2015-02-18.
  24. Web site: Shayne Edge . Foxsports.com . 2016-02-12.
  25. Web site: Shayne Edge Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com . 2015-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140827075503/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDGESHA01 . 2014-08-27 .
  26. Web site: Randy Jackson Statistics. JustSportsStats.com.
  27. Web site: 1998 All-USA Team . Usatoday.com . 18 February 2015.
  28. Web site: NFLPA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150220194852/https://www.nflpa.com/. 2015-02-20. Nflplayers.com. 2015-02-18.
  29. "The voice is familiar.... (Pat Summerall, Super Bowl broadcaster)", Sports Illustrated, January 26, 1987. "His principal home is in the same north Florida town, Lake City, where he grew up as one of the best schoolboy athletes the state has ever known.... They lived a block from the Columbia High School football field, where he would later star. Summerall went on to a 10-year career in the NFL as a two-way end and kicker."
  30. http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2006/0222.htm

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