The School District of Manatee County officially announced that the new Lakewood Ranch school will be named Rangeland High School.
After asking the community for recommendations, a total of over 1,600 names were suggested to the school board, according to Kevin Chapman, the associate superintendent. Rangeland will become the county’s eighth public high school.
The high school is under construction at Post Boulevard and Rangeland Parkway near the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch. School Board Member Heather Felton said this new name not only represents the school’s location, but also the area’s history…