West Gadsden High School
West Gadsden High School (WGHS) is a public secondary school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Gadsden County School District. It is adjacent to the city of Greensboro, and serves grades 5–12.
As of 2017[update] it has approximately 482 students.
The school, 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 the mascot, school name, and school colors. 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.
It was previously at 559 Greensboro Highway, the final location of Greensboro High. In 2007 the school moved into its current location, at 200 Providence Road. The former campus is now Greensboro Elementary School.
Joey Striplin, previously the head American football coach at West Gadsden, became the head coach at East Gadsden High School in January 2017.
As of March 2017 West Gadsden High was 76% occupied. On Tuesday April 4, 2017 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 the West Gadsden High community had opposed the consolidation plans.
Coordinates: 30°34′00″N 84°44′01″W / 30.5668°N 84.7336°W
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