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Riverview High School (Riverview, Florida)
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in Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida
Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida
Riverview is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is located near Brandon. The population was 71,050 at the 2010 census....
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operated by the Hillsborough County Public Schools
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to be the location of a high school
High school
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. Ground was broken in January 1997 and construction began in preparation for opening of school in August 1998.
A contest was announced for members of the community to name the new school. Of the dozens of names, five names were selected as finalists and presented for decision at a school board meeting. To the residents dismay and surprise, school board member Candy Olson requested that the school be named for Tony Pizzo, a local Ybor City Historian. This decision ignored the finalist names and the school board members voted the name of Pizzo unanimously.
Many upset community members attended the following school board meeting, December 9, 1997, to express their displeasure resulting in Joe Newsome amending that the name changed Riverview High School. The only concern with the school board was confusion with the State of having two Riverview High Schools in such close proximity. The decision was made to continue with the name much to the delight of the local community.
On January 20, 1998, Riverview High School's first principal, Mr. J. Vince Thompson, was appointed. Mr. Thompson held meetings during the month of February 1998 with students from East Bay High School, Brandon High School, Bloomingdale High School, Progress Village Middle School, Burns Middle School, and McLane Middle School to discuss the implementation of block scheduling
Block scheduling
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and the selection of a school mascot and school colors; block scheduling was agreed to, the colors of black, royal blue
Royal blue
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, and silver were selected as school colors, and the Sharks picked as the school mascot. On March 17, 1998, the School Board approved the mascot and the colors.
After much deliberation, due to complaints from Bloomingdale parents and business leaders, the Hillsborough County School Board approved the Riverview High School boundaries on February 7, 1998.
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