Chattahoochee High School ( CHS ) was a public middle and high school in Chattahoochee, Florida . It was a part of the Gadsden County Public Schools . In its final years it was also known as Chattahoochee High Magnet School ( CHMS ).
19-415: The school's student body became racially integrated in 1965. That year the school initially admitted black teachers only as physical education teachers, and asked them to keep white and black students separate. According to Headley J. White, author of the 2006 PhD thesis "Effects of Desegregation on Gadsden County, Florida Public Schools 1968-1972," in post-desegregation Gadsden County, "to some extent" there
38-400: A gymnasium with a 2,500 seats for spectators, and a 2-acre (0.81 ha) grassed area. The academic complex has a hallway the length of a football field . The gymnasium houses a dance studio, a wrestling room, a weight room, and a treatment clinic. Food is served in a combined cafeteria and performance stage; there are five serving lines. The ROTC complex includes a firing range. There is also
57-455: Is between Havana and Quincy , and it has a "Havana, Florida" postal address. Starting in fall 2017 it is the zoned high school of all of Gadsden County. It closed in 2018 and was succeeded by Gadsden County High School with a student body 70 percent African American and about 25 percent Hispanic. As of 2019 it has approximately 961 students. The school colors are: North Carolina blue, navy blue, maroon, black, and silver. The school mascot
76-639: Is the Jaguar. It was formed from the combination of Havana Northside High School in Havana and James A. Shanks High School in Quincy . Both schools were formerly athletic rivals and represented their respective towns. Gerald Ensley of the Tallahassee Democrat wrote that "It is also a symbolic merger of [the two communities], which is eliciting concern as well as optimism." Upon its opening it
95-443: The Tallahassee Democrat stated that the 2000s high school mergers damaged the school athletic spirit in the county as the former school identities were discarded. In October 2004 Jackson stated "We haven't figured out what we are all about. We don't have a flavor yet. We are not chocolate, we are not vanilla, we are not strawberry. We haven't played together long enough yet to figure it out, but we will." Joey Striplin, previously
114-433: The Tallahassee Democrat stated that the high school mergers damaged the school athletic spirit in the county as the former school identities were discarded. 30°41′45″N 84°50′21″W / 30.6957°N 84.8391°W / 30.6957; -84.8391 This Florida school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Gadsden High School West Gadsden High School
133-421: The 2017 consolidation, the school colors of East Gadsden were just North Carolina blue and silver. As part of the consolidation process, the colors from the former West Gadsden High School were added. The school mascot remained as the Jaguar. The previous principal of East Gadsden, Sonya Jackson, became the principal of West Gadsden Middle School. The former principal of West Gadsden High, Juliette Jackson, became
152-548: The West Gadsden High community had opposed the consolidation plans. The former principal of West Gadsden High, Juliette Jackson, became the principal of the consolidated Gadsden County High School . The first athletic director and main coach of the American football team for West Gadsden was Robert Jackson, who served in that capacity at Greensboro High until the founding of West Gadsden High. Brian Miller of
171-578: The construction, which began in March 2002. The total cost was $ 29.6 million. Ajax Building Corporation built the school. The school was established on July 30, 2003, and opened on August 11 of that year, with at least 130 employees and 1,200 students. The mascot of East Gadsden High was the jaguar, the flower was the Rosa 'American Beauty' rose, and a lighted torch was the school emblem. There were three school colors: Carolina blue, silver, and light. The motto
190-472: The head American football coach at West Gadsden High School , became the head coach at East Gadsden High in January 2017. As of March 2017 East Gadsden High was 54% occupied. On Tuesday April 4, 2017 the school board was scheduled to vote on whether East Gadsden High and the high school portion of West Gadsden High should consolidate into a single high school. The board voted 3-2 to consolidate. Prior to
209-473: The head American football coach at West Gadsden, became the head coach at East Gadsden High School in January 2017. 30°34′00″N 84°44′01″W / 30.5668°N 84.7336°W / 30.5668; -84.7336 East Gadsden High School Gadsden County High School , known as East Gadsden High School ( EGHS ) until 2016, was a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida , operated by Gadsden County School District . It
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#1732786923029228-462: The mascot, school name, and school colors. They intentionally chose not to use the colors and mascots used by the two previous schools so that West Gadsden High would have a new identity. The new school was to have a larger course offering than the previous Chattahoochee High. It opened with 487 students. In its first year it held its classes at the former Greensboro High School, at 559 Greensboro Highway. There were four portable classrooms at
247-462: The principal of the consolidated Gadsden County High. The campus is 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Havana and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Quincy , along U.S. Highway 90 . One Tallahassee Democrat article stated the complex was on a 75-acre (30 ha) plot of land, and another stated it was 100 acres (40 ha). Its capacity is for 1,200 students. The complex houses eight academic buildings, all blue-trimmed and in brick. It also has
266-464: The school board was scheduled to vote on whether East Gadsden High and the high school division of West Gadsden High should consolidate into a single high school. The board voted 3-2 to consolidate. The school would be renamed to West Gadsden Middle School as only middle school grades would remain. As part of the consolidation, grades 4-5 will move from area elementary schools to what would become West Gadsden Middle School. In March 2017 several members of
285-488: The school during its first year. Its permanent campus, to be built next to the Greensboro Elementary building at the time, was scheduled to open in 2005. By 2007 the school moved into its current location, at 200 Providence Road. The former campus is now Greensboro Elementary School. In 2017 it had approximately 482 students. As of March 2017 West Gadsden High was 76% occupied. On Tuesday April 4, 2017
304-545: Was "Lighting the path to excellence." The opening ceremony featured Al Lawson , a member of the Florida Senate from Tallahassee. Immediately after the school's opening the administration made efforts to improve FCAT scores, including partnerships among teachers of separate subject areas and intensive mathematics classes; its two predecessor schools had previously scored poorly on the FCAT. Joey Striplin, previously
323-523: Was a public secondary school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida , operated by Gadsden County School District . It is adjacent to the city of Greensboro , and served grades 5–12. Its building now houses West Gadsden Middle School. The colors were silver and black and the mascot was the panther. The school was first established in the summer of 2004, housing students formerly attending Greensboro High School and Chattahoochee High School . A group of students from those two high schools selected
342-618: Was less stigma applied against white students who attended Chattahoochee High compared to those attending other public schools in Gadsden County. In 2003 the school, which was "C"-ranked in Florida's school evaluation system, had 228 students. The school board decided it was too small to give a proper course offering to its students. West Gadsden High School , established in 2004, absorbed students who formerly attended Chattahoochee High School and Greensboro High School . Brian Miller of
361-428: Was to serve Midway in addition to Quincy and Havana. A committee of 26 students nominated proposals for various details, including the school's official mascot, emblem, colors, and flower, as well as the contents of the student handbook, that were voted upon by students at two middle schools and the two high schools that merged into East Gadsden High. A Florida Department of Education program for rural schools funded
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