Gadsden County High School

Gadsden County High School

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Location
27001 Blue Star Highway
Havana, Florida
United States
Coordinates 30°33′13″N 84°29′28″W / 30.5537°N 84.4912°W / 30.5537; -84.4912Coordinates: 30°33′13″N 84°29′28″W / 30.5537°N 84.4912°W / 30.5537; -84.4912
Information
Type Public
Motto "Go Jaguars"!
Established 2003
School district Gadsden County Schools
NCES School ID 120060004082[1]
Principal Sonya Jackson[2]
Faculty 44.00 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 868[1] (2011–12)
Student to teacher ratio 19.73:1[1]
Color(s) North Carolina blue, Navy Blue, Maroon, Black and Silver
Mascot Jaguars
Nickname EG
Website www.eghs.gcps.k12.fl.us

Gadsden County High School, known as East Gadsden High School (EGHS) until 2016, is a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Gadsden County School District. It is mid-way between Havana and Quincy, along U.S. Highway 90,[3] and it has a "Havana, Florida" postal address. Starting in fall 2017 it is the zoned high school of all of Gadsden County.

As of 2017 it has approximately 1,100 students.[4] The school colors are: North Carolina blue, navy blue, maroon, black, and silver. The school mascot is the Jaguar.[5]

History

School building

The school, first established on July 30, 2003, opened in the fall of that year. It was formed from the combination of Havana Northside High School in Havana, Florida and James A. Shanks High School in Quincy, Florida.[4]

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.[6]

Joey Striplin, previously the head American football coach at West Gadsden High School, became the head coach at East Gadsden High in January 2017.[7]

As of March 2017 East Gadsden High was 54% occupied.[8] 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.[9] The board voted 3-2 to consolidate.[10]

Prior to the 2017 consolidation, the school colors of East Gadsden were just North Carolina blue and silver.[4] 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 the principal of the consolidated Gadsden County High.[5]

Athletics

Brian Miller of 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. A school football coach quoted in a Tallahassee Democrat article, Abdual Howard, stated that at East Gadsden the school colors and sports regalia had a lack of history and needed time to get more spirit behind them.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for East Gasdsden High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "East Gadsden High School: Principal's Corner". East Gadsden High School. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Miller, Brian (2015-08-19). "Reviving football history in Gadsden County". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. 1 2 3 "About the School." East Gadsden High School. Retrieved on April 5, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Jiwanmall, Stephen (2017-05-30). "Gadsden County School Board Approves High School Details". WTXL. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  6. ↑ "New High School Has High Hopes for FCAT". WCTC. 2004-01-26. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. ↑ Miller, Brian (2017-01-30). "Striplin goes from West Gadsden to East, schools likely to consolidate". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  8. ↑ "SCHOOL MERGERS NOT POPULAR AT WEST GADSDEN". Havana Herald. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  9. ↑ Dailey, Ryan (2017-04-03). "Gadsden school board to vote on district shake-up". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  10. ↑ Jiwanmall, Stephen (2017-04-04). "Gadsden County Schools to Consolidate in 2017-18". WTXL. Retrieved 2017-04-06.


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