title: Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology
text: The Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology (shortened as AAST or The Academy) is a branch school of the Horry County Schools system in Horry County, South Carolina. It has a focus on specific career majors and has qualifying status as a Blue Ribbon School and as a New American High School. However, despite the popularity and successes of the school, by a vote of the Horry County School Board on October 21, 2019, the program was partially dismantled and converted into a two-year program.
  
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   https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/board-aast-only-for-juniors-and-seniors-scholars-to-be/article_0b92c5e2-f46b-11e9-b42d-e3b3bce76d10.html
  
  Public high schools in South Carolina
  Schools in Horry County, South Carolina