General McLane High School

{{distinguish|McLane High School}}

{{use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox school

| name = General McLane High School

| image = General McLane High School, PA, June 2024.jpg

| streetaddress = 11761 Edinboro Road

| city = Edinboro

| state = PA

| county = (Erie County)

| zipcode = 16412

| motto =

| established = 1959

| type = 9th–12th

| superintendent = Richard Scaletta

| head = Daniel Mennow

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|41.917|-80.123|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

| campus =

| ratio = 15.16

| teaching_staff = 45.45 (FTE)

| students = 689 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4210650&ID=421065002040|title=General McLane HS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 10, 2024}}

| team_name = Lancers

| colors = Red and White {{color box|red}}{{color box|white}}

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.generalmclane.org}}

}}

General McLane High School serves students in grades nine through twelve in the General McLane School District. The school district consists of the towns of Edinboro and McKean and the areas including Washington Township, McKean Township and Franklin Township which surround the two towns.

The General McLane Lancers football and boys' basketball teams won their respective Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class AAA Championships during the 2006–2007 academic year, making GM the first Pennsylvania high school to win both titles in the same academic year.{{cite news|last=Ruzzi |first=Mike |title=State Gold...Again!!!! |publisher=WICU-TV |date=2007-03-23 |accessdate=2008-07-23 |url=http://www.wicu12.com/news/index.vnss?newsid=3099&type=Sports }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Also home of the GM Marching Band which won LMBA championships in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011-2013 and placed second in 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010.{{cite news|title=LMBA: Lakeshore Marching Band Association Hall of Champions |publisher=LMBA |url=http://lmba.us/resources/champions.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820051540/http://lmba.us/resources/champions.asp |archivedate=2011-08-20 }}

History

General McLane High School completed construction in 1960 even though Colonel McLane was not promoted to Brigadier General until April 1961.{{cite news |title=History of General McLane |publisher=General McLane School District |url=http://www.generalmclane.org/district/default.php?f=office&p=information/history/history |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125042242/http://generalmclane.org/district/default.php?f=office&p=information%2Fhistory%2Fhistory |archivedate=2010-11-25 }}

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