Hurley High School is a

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located in

Hurley, Virginia Hurley is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia located at the convergence of County Routes 643, 646, 650, and 697, a short distance from the Kentucky and West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-At ...

Buchanan County, Virginia Buchanan County () is a United States county in far western Virginia, the only county in the state to border both West Virginia and Kentucky. The county is part of the Southwest Virginia region and lies in the rugged Appalachian Plateau porti ...

, United States. Opened in 1969 to replace the earlier high school, which became D.A. Justus Elementary. It is part of the Buchanan County Public Schools system.

Extracurricular activities

Hurley was awarded with the 2011 championship for Creative Writing. Clubs and organizations at the school include:

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, Student Council Association,

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, Scholastic Bowl,

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, Forensics

Sports

Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's A

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in Region D. Its mascot is a Rebel soldier. The school's boys basketball team was given the Marshall Johnson Sportsmanship Award for Basketball for the 2010–2011 season.

Relocation

In January 2020, the Huntington District of the

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(USACE) announced the allocation of $235.6 million to Buchanan County for flood relief protection. The funding was made available through the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, a bipartisan bill which was signed into law on June 6, 2019, to help communities construct flood and storm damage reduction projects. Under USACE's plan, the project's primary components included a voluntary floodproofing and floodplain evacuation program, in which the Buchanan County Career, Technology & Higher Learning Center (BCCTHLC) would get a ring wall to protect it from flooding, while Hurley High School qualified for relocation. Although USACE had primary responsibility for selecting a new site in Hurley, the Buchanan County School Board was allowed to choose an alternative site, which it did in February 2020 by selecting Southern Gap for the high school's relocation.

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* Schools in Buchanan County, Virginia Public high schools in Virginia 1969 establishments in Virginia Educational institutions established in 1969 {{Virginia-school-stub