South Charleston High school, along with George Washington High School, made national headlines in 1992, when, during an illegal off-campus Senior Skip Day party with other students from South Charleston High School, two students were shot and killed over an argument about payment for a keg of beer. In 1990, South Charleston's rival school Dunbar High School was closed and those students were transferred across the Kanawha River to South Charleston High School. The band has seen enrollment of up to 110 members at one time. The first band was led by Charles Gorby, whose music store founded in 1946 in downtown South Charleston is somewhat of a local landmark. The original band was organized in 1932 with only three members participating. The South Charleston High School 'Black Eagle Band' has been around almost as long as the school. The current South Charleston Middle School building today still has Louden District High School engraved into the stone. South Charleston Junior High School was moved from the original 1925 building to the old South Charleston High School. In 1971 a new, much larger school and campus complex was built on the former site of Southmoor Country Club in the Spring Hill area of town. South Charleston High was moved to the larger building South Charleston Junior High School moved into the 1925 building, from the old 1931 building, which was across the street from the 'old rec center' at Oakes Field. A newer building was built a few blocks from the old building, still in downtown South Charleston, in 1931. The original Louden District High School was built in downtown South Charleston in 1925. South Charleston High School has called three buildings home since it was created over 80 years ago.

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