Concord High School (CHS) is a public

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located in

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New Castle County, Delaware, United States, with a Wilmington postal address. It is one of three high schools in the

Brandywine School District Brandywine School District (abbreviated BSD) is a public school district in northern New Castle County, Delaware in the United States. It serves Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Bellefonte, Claymont, Edgemoor, Talleyville, - Talleyville is opag ...

. There were 1,084 students enrolled in the fall for the 2019–2020 school year. Mark Mayer is the current principal of Concord High School.

History

CHS opened in 1967 in response to a rapidly rising population that produced too many students for

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, then in the Alfred I. duPont District, to handle on its own. Upon opening, it was located on the same campus as Hanby Junior High and taught only ninth and tenth grades. Construction on CHS' own building was delayed due to a worker strike and did not open until January 1970, an entire semester after the planned date and still without its gym, auditorium, and swimming pool completed. During the delay, CHS was forced to leave Hanby and move temporarily into Brandywine High School's building; the two schools taught on a rotating basis: BHS students attended in the morning and CHS students attended in the afternoon.

Athletics

Concord is a member of Flight B of the Blue Hen Conference in the

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(DIAA); the Raiders compete in Class 2A, District 1 for football. Concord fields a full slate of teams in all three sports seasons, including: crew, cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, track, swimming/diving, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and softball. Concord's Athletic Director is Larry Jacobs. Concord, and all high schools in the Brandywine School District, are partnered with

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to provide sports medicine services.

Notable alumni

* Justin Brown (born 1991, class of 2009),

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(born 1965), former track and field athlete *

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(born 1967),

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(born 1984, class of 2002), former

fullback * Chip Reid (class of 1973),

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References

External links

* {{authority control High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware 1969 establishments in Delaware Educational institutions established in 1969