East Gadsden High School
| East Gadsden High School | |
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27001 Blue Star Highway Havana, Florida United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°33′13″N 84°29′28″W / 30.5537°N 84.4912°WCoordinates: 30°33′13″N 84°29′28″W / 30.5537°N 84.4912°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Go Jaguars"! |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Gadsden County Schools |
| NCES School ID | 120060004082 |
| Principal | Sonya Jackson |
| Faculty | 44.00 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 868 (2011–12) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.73:1 |
| Color(s) | North Carolina blue and Silver |
| Mascot | Jaguars |
| Nickname | EG |
| Website | www |
East Gadsden High School (EGHS) 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, and it has a "Havana, Florida" postal address. As of fall 2017 it will be the zoned high school of all of Gadsden County.
As of 2017[update] it has approximately 1,100 students. The school colors are North Carolina blue and silver and the school mascot is the Jaguar.
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.
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 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.
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.
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