Editing Protection, Kansas (section)

==Education==
The community is served by [[Comanche County USD 300]] public school district.  South Central Elementary and South Central Middle School are in Protection, with the former [[Protection High School]] building on campus,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Comanche_ProtectionHighSchoolNR.pdf|title=Protection High School|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]]|accessdate=2020-10-27}}</ref> while South Central High School is in [[Coldwater, Kansas|Coldwater]].  The South Central High School mascot is Timberwolves.<ref>{{cite web | title = USD 300 | publisher = USD 300 | url = http://www.usd300ks.com/ | accessdate = 6 January 2017}}</ref>

Prior to school unification, the Protection Panthers won the [[Kansas State High School Activities Association|Kansas State High School]] 1A football championship in 1978 and the 8-Man DII football championship in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | title = Football | publisher = KSHSAA | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/History.cfm | accessdate = 3 January 2017}}</ref>