The School District of Manatee County is moving forward in the process of building a full-service high school, currently referred to as High School AAA, located at Rangeland Parkway and Post Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.
The district and school board members were exploring the possibility of a collegiate type high school, where students could earn their associate degree, but with limited sports and arts opportunities in order to reduce the cost of building the brand new school. The High School AAA will go forward with full sports and arts facilities.
School Board Member Richard Tatem said he thought the collegiate school was an idea that the board was open to pursuing, but no parent told him that is what they wanted. Instead, everyone said they wanted a full high school with all of those usual high school opportunities…