History
Vero Beach High School can trace its history back to the class of 1905, and a one-room schoolhouse, where children of all ages were taught. In 1925, the first official Vero Beach High School opened. It was located about a half-mile north of the current location, where Vero Beach High School's Freshman Learning Center (FLC) stands today. After Vero Beach High School moved to its present-day location in 1963, the old high school became Vero Beach Junior High School, and VBHS took on a new official name, Vero Beach Senior High School. In 1977, the junior high school was becoming insufficient for housing all of the county's junior high schoolers, and was torn down to make way for a new, smaller school, Indian River Middle 8- the present-day home of the Freshman Learning Center, and soon to become a middle school again, once all the renovations at Vero Beach High School are complete. Prior to the completion of Sebastian River High School, in 1994, Vero Beach High School was the only public high school in Indian River County.
Former principal Jane Hudson retired at the end of the school year of 2008-2009. Vero Beach High School now has a new principal, Eric Seymour. Eric is a graduate of Vero Beach High School himself, but earned a Masters Degree at Nova Southeastern University. Afterward, Seymour became an administrator at Vero Beach High School, but left to become an assistant principal at Lincoln Park Academy in Fort Pierce, Florida. Seymour was principle from 2010-2012 school year. Shawn O'Keefe took over for the 12'-13' school year.
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