History
Construction of Land O' Lakes High School began in 1973. Leroy McClain was named principal and began hiring staff. Because of critical overcrowding across the county due to a population jump, classes were held in double sessions at nearby Sanders Memorial Elementary School while the school was being built. When the school finally opened two years later, it served 1,400 students in grades 7 through 12. Five years later, Pine View Middle School was built to hold grades 6 through 8. From 2003 to 2007, Land O' Lakes operated on a 10-period bell schedule to ease crowding with most freshmen attending classes from 10:25 AM to 4:45 PM and sophomores, juniors and seniors attending from 7:35 a.m. to 2 p.m.. This was discontinued in 2007, when Sunlake High School opened.
The class of 2008 was the largest graduating class in school history, with nearly 600 graduates.
Ric Mellin, formerly the principal of J.W. Mitchell High School, became the school's sixth principal in March 2009. Mellin replaced Monica Ilse who was appointed principal of the new Anclote High School in Holiday, Florida (opened in August 2009).
In 2012, the school hosted a rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, which attracted 15,000 people.
| Name | Begin | End |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy McClain | 1975 | 1985 |
| Albert Bashaw | 1985 | 1997 |
| Max Ramos | 1997 | 2003 |
| Ray Bonti | 2003 | 2006 |
| Monica Ilse | 2006 | 2009 |
| Ric Mellin | 2009 | Present |
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