Editing Union County, South Carolina (section)

== Education ==
Students residing in the county are served by [[Union County Schools]], which operates seven public schools that serve about 4500 students. There is one high school, three kindergarten through 5th grade schools, two kindergarten through 8th grade schools, and one 6th through 8th grade school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Union County Schools|url=http://www.union.k12.sc.us/|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

For some time, the county had three high schools, Union High School, Jonesville High School, and Lockhart High School. As of a council ruling, the three high schools have been consolidated. Jonesville High School and Lockhart High School were closed, and the students were reassigned to Union High School, which has been renamed [[Union County High School (South Carolina)|Union County High School]].

Union County High School's Yellow Jackets Football team has seen great success in recent past. They won the 4A State Football Championship in 1990 and 1995, and won the 3A State Title in 1999, 2000, and 2002. They were also state runner-up in 2001. The Yellow Jackets were led to their three most recent championships by former head coach and current [[State Representative]] Mike Anthony.<ref>{{cite web|title=SC State House of Representatives|url=http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0038636359|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> He retired following the 2004 season. He was succeeded by Tommy Bobo, former Union High School [[offensive coordinator]] who left following the 1999 season to become the head football coach at [[Wren High School]]. Bobo led the Jackets to the region championship and the state semi-finals in 2005. Bobo resigned in 2007 after the school board decided to consolidate the three high schools. He accepted a position as an assistant at Spartanburg's [[Dorman High School]]. Jonesville High School Coach David Lipsey was hired to replace Bobo and be the first coach of [[Union County High School (South Carolina)|Union County High School]].

Union County High School's Junior ROTC program is only one of three teams in the nation to ever go four consecutive years to The George C. Marshall Leadership and Academic Bowl in Washington, DC. Members of that team included Michael Leigh, Tommy McKelvey, Micheal Stewart, Lucas Kelley, Ollie Burns, and Mitchell Ward.

The county is also home to a [[satellite campus]] of the [[University of South Carolina]]. The University of South Carolina campus at Union was opened in 1965 and was once home to the USCU Bantams, a junior college basketball team that saw some success at that level before the team was ended in the 1980s. Since 1965, USC-Union has provided low-cost, fully accredited courses that satisfy the degree requirements at the University of South Carolina and at other colleges and universities. The University of South Carolina at Union enrolls between 300 and 400 students each semester. In addition to associate degrees, USC-Union provides special opportunities such as teacher preparation and access to baccalaureate degrees in interdisciplinary studies.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of South Carolina at Union|url=http://uscunion.sc.edu/|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>

Union county's Carnegie Library was named Best Small Library in America by ''[[Library Journal]]'' for 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6630781.html|title=Best Small Library in America 2009: Union County Carnegie Library, SC—Carolina Dreaming|work=Library Journal|date=February 1, 2009|access-date=February 5, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205213410/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6630781.html|archive-date=February 5, 2009}}</ref>