Senator Charles Dean Presents Senate Resolution for Citrus High School 100th Anniversary

Florida Senate – 2011

SR 2082

By Senator Dean

Senate Resolution

A resolution recognizing Citrus High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary celebration and congratulating the students, faculty, administration, and staff of Citrus High School on achieving and maintaining an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education.

WHEREAS, the history of Citrus High School can be traced back to the late 1800s to a wood-frame school building in Inverness, where a teacher taught chart class to sixth grade, and

WHEREAS, construction of the first Citrus High School was authorized in 1911 and a two-story brick schoolhouse was built at a cost of $12,560 on Citrus Avenue, and

WHEREAS, while the new school building was originally intended to serve only high school students, it served the entire student population in grades 1 through 12, and

WHEREAS, in 1920, the Board of Public Instruction approved construction of a new school on the corner of Main Street and Line Avenue, which was completed in 1921 but was abandoned a short while later due to structural problems, with classes resuming in the original building, and

WHEREAS, in 1930, a new school building was completed on the site of the failed structure and the school received accreditation from the State Board of Education as a 4-year high school, and

WHEREAS, in 1985, an electrical fire destroyed most of the structure, prompting a rebuilding project that continued until 1992, and

WHEREAS, in 2008, Citrus High School received its first “A” school designation from the Department of Education and is once again designated an “A” school for the 2010-2011 school year, with a current enrollment of 1,556 students, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That we recognize Citrus High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary celebration and congratulate the students, faculty, administration, and staff of Citrus High School on achieving and maintaining an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education.

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