Information: - East Gaston High School ( also referred to as East Gaston or EGHS ) is a public high school that is part of the Gaston County Schools district and is located in Mt . Holly , NC . Its attendance range covers northeastern Gaston County and includes western portions of Mount Holly , the town of Stanley and the communities of Mountain Island , Alexis , Lucia , and the surrounding rural area . The school was established in 1972 when high schools in the neighboring communities of Mount Holly and Stanley were consolidated . It is home of the 2010 District Principal ( Marty Starnes ) , School Social Worker ( Angela Ferguson ) , and School Counselor ( Cindy Cloninger ) of the Year . Dr. Cristi Bostic serves as principal of East Gaston , and she has held that position since the retirement of Marty Starnes following the 2010 - 2011 school year . Assistant principals are Lucinda Huffstetler , Tyson Jeffus , and Tosh Zaleski . Tom Adams serves as athletics director . - Gaston County Schools is a public school district located in Gaston County, North Carolina. With 31,189 students enrolled in 55 schools as of the 2012/13 academic year, it is the ninth largest public school district in North Carolina. - Gaston County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 206,086. The county seat is Gastonia. Dallas served as the original county seat from 1846 until 1911. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'located in the administrative territorial entity' with the subject 'east gaston high school'. Choices: - dallas - district - gaston county - north carolina - of
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north carolina