Talk:Riverside High School (Florida)

History
The entire History section appears to have been lifted from http://www.educationcentral.org/lee/history.html. Someone needs to rewrite it. /blahedo (t) 22:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Generals! I've been working on the article, and I hope you like the results. More precise dating will require good old-fashioned documentary research. (Online sources have their limits.) Anyway, this is a work in progress. Our article is more substantial now --and getting better all the time! Nicajelejunsutuc (talk) 20:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Nonsense in history
Jackson High did not start out mostly Black. It was a white school in the 1950s (there was no 'mostly' this or that back then). -- Donald Albury 23:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

jackson has always been a black school. it was Lee who started out white. if your from jacksonville you would know this.


 * My high school (North Miami Senior High) played Jax Jackson in football every year in the late 1950s. There is no way that a white school (North Miami at the time) would have had a Black school on its football schedule. That's just simply the way things were then. This column states that Jackson High opened as an all-white school in 1927. -- Donald Albury 17:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Andrew Jackson was an all-white school prior to court ordered Desegragation, as was Lee. Matthew Gilbert High School (Now a Middle School) was an all-black High School in that area, as was Stanton High School. Lee was desegragated in the fall of 1972. To commemorate this event, the 1973 Yearbook for the school was titled Unity. Subwayatrain 21:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Another suggestion: I recall when I went to [Robert E. Lee High School (Jacksonville, Florida)|Lee]] in the mid 1990's, we were given each year a booklet that was some school accountability assessment (possibly mandated by the State) and in that booklet included statistical information of the school including test scores, discipline incidences, and demographics. Perhaps these assessments can be located from either the Duval County School Board or the Florida Department of Education and this debate could be clarified with objective statistics. - Subwayatrain (talk) 18:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Unclear statements
I reorganized the article for clarity and timeline's sake, but these statements are slightly irking me: "The controversy between the two high schools is one of the reasons the "westside/eastside beef" was created. Lee is also known for their rapid change, athletics and having the number one drumline in Duval County." I have no idea what the "westside/eastside beef" refers to between the two schools, nor do I know what is meant by "rapid change." Perhaps if someone could elaborate on both issues, it would make more sense to those of us who are unfamiliar with this subject. Maria 13:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

About proposed renaming
The article in The Root seems to be opinion but it links to other sources https://www.theroot.com/jesus-never-condemned-slavery-florida-board-to-rename-1846567205 WhisperToMe (talk) 18:02, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Notable Alumni
To claim the “notable alumni” came from Riverside High School is a false statement. Everyone mentioned was a “Notable Alumni” for R.E.Lee Sr. H.S., not Riverside H.S. and to say otherwise is false. Since the name was so controversial and had to be changed then the do not have the right to claim those who graduated and/or are Notable Alumni from R.E.Lee and should be noted as such. Since the name change there has yet to be a “Notable Alumni” graduate from said school. 2601:341:C180:24D0:0:0:0:F35B (talk) 21:20, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

This was an erroneous change as alumni from what was once Robert E. Lee HS are now alumni of what is now known as Riverside HS. Thank you RiverAlum (talk) 06:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * +1 to RiverAlum. I expect that a lot of alumni who attended RELHS are pissed off, but we don't write Wikipedia articles to suit their amour propre.  Schools get renamed all the time, and we don't fork off multiple articles every time that happens to appease those having a tough time adjusting to reality.   Ravenswing      13:21, 21 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't know where to point in policy, but this is how it's always done. If a person or organization changes their name, the article name changes but their history stays with the new article. Otherwise we would have separate articles on Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali, for instance. All this nonsense started on the infamous traitor/torturer/ensaver's birthday, I doubt if it is a coincidence.Jacona (talk) 15:26, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:NAMECHANGES and WP:POVFORK, for two.   Ravenswing     16:13, 21 January 2022 (UTC)