Fivay High School

Fivay High School is located in Pasco County, Florida on State Road 52 and opened in 2010. It was built for 1,870 students from Hudson High School, Ridgewood High School, and River Ridge High School which had been experiencing overcrowding.NamingThe school was named by David Chauncey, a columnist for the Suncoast News and Ridgewood High School graduate, in an op-ed piece after the Pasco County Public School Board requested that citizens provide ideas for the new high school's name. The school was named after a small town founded on the banks of Bear Creek - a stone's throw from the new high school - around the year 1904 by five men from Atlanta who all had last names that started with an 'A.' According to a Tampa Tribune article in 1988, Fivay was the largest sawmill in Florida during its peak and had a population of nearly 2,500 with what is now S.R. 52 serving as a railroad right of way for the town. Before the school, the only landmark to the old town was Fivay Road which is feet from the Little Road entrance for the school.In 1914, the mill ceased operations and the town was deserted with the exception of 10 families that tried to make it work. It did not and the passage of time removed all signs of the once bustling town. The name was officially submitted by Chauncey to the school board to be considered. On September 16, 2009, the name was approved by the school board and West Pasco's seventh high school came into existence.