Gadsden County High School

Gadsden County High School, known as East Gadsden High School until 2016, is a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Gadsden County School District. It 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 has approximately 1,100 students. The school colors are: North Carolina blue, navy blue, maroon, black, and silver. The school mascot is the Jaguar.HistoryIt 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, which is eliciting concern as well as optimism." Upon its opening it 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 the construction, which began in March 2002. The total cost was $29.6 million. Ajax Building Corporation built the school.