Fluvanna High School
Fluvanna County High School opened in the 1932 as one of the first county consolidated high schools in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. FCHS is located about two miles west of Palmyra, Virginia on State Route 53. (Thomas Jefferson Parkway)
The original Fluvanna County High School was located in Carysbrook. The Carysbrook campus was renovated in the 1980s and now serves as a community center with the original gym and playing fields being used by the county parks and recreation department. The Fluvanna County School Division integrated in 1969 and the high school became known as Fluvanna Senior High School (grades 10 -12). The former Abrams High School became Fluvanna Junior High School (grades 8 & 9).
In the summer of 1976, a new Fluvanna County High School opened adjacent to the old Abrams High School (Fluvanna Jr. High) near Palmyra. This school campus, now Fluvanna Middle School, has had many additions constructed and renovations since the original construction in 1975. In 2009 the Fluvanna County School Board approved the building of a new Fluvanna County High School on the Pleasant Grove property on the Rivanna River near Palmyra. The new FCHS opened in 2012.
Read more about Fluvanna High School: History of The Flying Flucos Nickname, Notable Alumni
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