Richland High School (Texas)

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Richland High School
School type	Public, Secondary
District	Birdville Independent School District
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Rebels
Location	5201 Holiday Lane E. North Richland Hills, TX 76180

Richland High School is a secondary school located in North Richland Hills, Texas. The school includes grades 9 through 12, and is part of the Birdville Independent School District.

1 History
2 Notable Alumni
- 2.1 Faculty
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Richland High School opened in 1961 as the second high school in the Birdville School District. The school was expanded over time to meet the needs of the community, including a major expansion in the late 1980s that added a new main entrance, classroom wing, cafeteria, and administration offices.

In 1984, Richland was the site of a school shooting. No students or faculty were killed, though the shooter was charged in a fatal shooting from earlier that week. ^[1]

Richland High School used the Confederate Flag as the school flag until 1993, when it was replaced due to the controversy surrounding the symbol. The school also phased out the use of "Dixie" as an informal fight song at that time. The school's offical fight song was and remained "Rebel Charge March," which is also a Civil War era melody but is less known and less controversial.