Carrollton High School, a small school to some and a large school to others. A school of about 700 students altogether in a small farm town, where it is unique in its own way. Here are 25 things you know to be true if you attended Carrollton High School.
1. Unless they were a school we played in sports, no one had ever heard of us.
2. Carrollton is known for being a bunch of ‘hicks’ to other schools around. We have been called Carolltucky.
3. It was normal for some people to be on the school bus for 2+ hours
4. Everyone knew everyone and their parents.
5. If you had siblings you were either called by your last name, or everything you did was associated with them
6. Carrollton is known for being a bunch of ‘hicks’ to other schools around. We have been called Carolltucky.
7. When something happened, everyone knew about it within the hour.
8. You hated going to school when it was hot out because there was no air conditioning in the school, so you knew you’d be miserably hot all day
9. On rainy days, it was normal to see buckets or trash cans in the hallways to collect water from leaks.
10. Spring break, what's that? There were always more snow days than given and the days were always made up during the time Spring Break was supposed to happen.
11. There was no point in washing your car because the school parking lot was dirt and gravel, so your car was bound to get dirty.
12. If you didn’t go to the football or basketball game on Friday night, you were the only one.
13. You stayed after every football game just to hear the football team sing the school fight song.
14. Farmer’s Day or Hick Day during spirit week was just a normal dress day at school since the majority of everyone wore flannels, jeans, and boots every day.
15. FFA was the biggest school club and class to be a part of.
16. The biggest part of the summer was the Carroll County Fair for the farm animals and tractor pulls.
17. The biggest day of the school year was riding your tractor to school day.
18. The Friday before Ohio State Football played, you were bound to hear the Ohio State Buckeye theme song at some point during the day throughout the hallways.
19.We didn’t have parties like most schools on the weekends we had bonfires, tractor pulls, and square dances.
20. If we had parties they were either in a field or in a barn.
21. You were more worried what you were riding on into Promenade than prom itself.
