I am a 2002 graduate of Albemarle a High School. I was a defensive tackle on the 2001 Bulldog football championship team. My pride for Albemarle High School has driven me back me back to my class reunion where I reunited with people who gave me unforgettable memories. My pride has also driven me back to football games on numerous occasions to reminisce about the days when I would run onto the field with the confidence that we would beat West, North, or South Stanly a High Schools because they were all rivalry schools that we felt could never compare. Everyone who attended AHS with me loved AHS. My family loves AHS. I am now married, and I have brought my wife back "home" with me to cheer for AHS. I also happily gave her a tour of the school because beyond athletics, Albemarle High gave me the window to the light I needed to start my path to higher education and to where I am now. But they want to close it? Keeping this school open will keep the legacy of families going. Keeping this school open will keep a lamp in the city of Albemarle for local kids to have a local ray of hope to call their own. 

Why displace these kids and take away a school they always dreamed of attending? The history of AHS has been engraved in the hearts and minds of these kids and because of this wonderful history, students want to go to this school. They are proud to go to school. At this day in time, who would dare take this motivation for learning away?

Signing this petition  means you care about supporting AHS as it is now. You believe that AHS should remain open. Rather than displacing the students there, you believe that the pride of Albemarle High School cannot never be replaced; therefore, the school life must go on. Please stand with me in the efforts to keep convince school leaders in keeping AHS out of the plans. Let's show them that Bulldog pride belongs in Albemarle and shall remain there today and tomorrow in students to come. Thank you. 

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