Mountain View High School (Shenandoah County, Virginia)

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Mountain View High School
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Mountain View High School (Shenandoah County, Virginia)
150 Stonewall Ln

Quicksburg
,
Virginia
22847

United States
Coordinates 38°42′13.4″N78°39′48″W / 38.703722°N 78.66333°W / 38.703722; -78.66333
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Type Public
Established1959
School districtShenandoah County Public Schools
PrincipalMike Dorman
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment598 (2023–24) [1]
Color(s)Red, Black, and White    
Athletics conference A Bull Run District
Region B
Mascot General
Website https://mvhs.shenandoah.k12.va.us/en-US

Mountain View High School (Originally Stonewall Jackson High School) is a public high school located in Quicksburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. It is home to almost 625 students, in grades 8-12. The school is part of the Shenandoah County Public School System. Mike Dorman is the current principal.[ citation needed ]

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On July 9, 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to rename the school, which was previously called Stonewall Jackson High School. [2]

The school's colors are red, black, and white, and the school mascot is "the Generals."

History

Mountain View High School was dedicated on April 24, 1960, according to school board minutes. It was opened to students during the 1959-1960 school year, as one of the three newly consolidated schools in the county. Thomas L. Snyder was approved as the first principal of the high school. The first year's enrollment in grades 8–12 was 501. There were originally nineteen classrooms. In 1964, four classrooms were added while one was lost in becoming the guidance office. Major construction was done in 1993, with six classrooms added which became known as the science wing.[ citation needed ]

Renovations were done and new additions were built in 2004. Each existing classroom was renovated and air conditioning was installed. New construction consisted of a gymnasium, four locker rooms, weight room, wrestling room, indoor/outdoor concession stand, PE offices, training room, laundry room, band room, chorus room, library media center, office suite, guidance office suite, clinic, expanded cafeteria, seven new classrooms, and a teacher's workroom.[ citation needed ]

Starting in the 2018–2019 school year, 8th grade was returned to the high school to accommodate for overcrowding. In 2023, eighth grade returned to the middle school. [ citation needed ]

On July 9, 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the school's name, as it was originally named for Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a Civil War general who fought for the Confederacy. The school board also voted to change the name of Ashby-Lee Elementary School and to remove the "Rebel" mascot from North Fork Middle School. This was part of the Board's next steps for a resolution condemning racism and affirming the division's commitment to an inclusive school environment for all. Residents circulated petitions both for and against the name changes. One petition in support of the name changes garnered more than 2,000 signatures, while another petition against the name changes garnered more than 3,000 signatures. [2] Committees made up of parents, citizens, staff, and students presented recommendations for new names and mascots to the School Board in December 2020, with a School Board vote at the January 14, 2021 meeting, 6-0, in favor of changing the name of the school to Mountain View High School. [3]

On June 10, 2022, after three school board members running on a platform against teaching Critical Race Theory in schools were elected, a vote to restore the Stonewall Jackson name was defeated in a 3-3 vote. [4] [5]

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  2. 1 2 Hood, John (2020-07-09). "Shenandoah County School Board votes to remove Confederate leader names from school buildings". WHSV. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Shenandoah Co. School Board approves committees for school renaming, mascot change". WHSV. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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  5. ↑ Robertson, Campbell (2022-06-10). "Stonewall Jackson's Name Fell Fast, and a Fury Quickly Followed". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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