Indiana’s First Public High School
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Floyd County, Indiana was recognized as a county in 1819. It has the second-smallest area of land in the whole state. On October 3rd, 1853, New Albany High School was founded under the name of Scribner High School making it the oldest public high school in the state of Indiana.
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Floyd County, Indiana is home to the states oldest public high school. It opened in October of 1853 as Scribner High School before the name changed to New Albany High School. An interesting fact about the school is that it was closed from 1859-1864 and The United States Army used it as a hospital to treat union soldiers wounded in the Civil War. Another interesting fact about New Albany High School is that it was “The first FM high school Radio station to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and has had its own public-access television cable TV channel.”
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- Beam, Amanda . NEW ALBANY BICENTENNIAL: The history of NAHS, News and Tribune. July 16th 2013. Accessed September 23rd 2020. https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/floyd_county/new-albany-bicentennial-the-history-of-nahs/article_a80da082-c2d2-5a11-a4e9-071abc17d60a.html.
- New Albany History, Explore New Albany. Accessed September 23rd 2020. https://www.explorenewalbany.com/index.php/downtown-new-albany-history/new-albany-history/4-the-history-of-new-albany.