Newsweek magazine considers Octorara Area High School to be among the top 6 percent of public high schools in America, according to an Aug. 1, 2009 news story by Brian Wallace of the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era:
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/240532
The accolade, not mentioned during recent school board meetings or in the school district's publication, The Reporter, may have escaped attention as the school board wrangled over passing a budget and focused on the $37.5 million high school renovation.