James A. Shanks High School

James A. Shanks High School (JASHS) was a senior high school in Quincy, Florida. It was a part of the Gadsden County School District. History The building opened in 1968. In 1999 a Florida Trend article written by Cynthia Barnett described Shanks High as being "dilapidated". The school had been on a list of "failing schools" until 1999, when the test scores improved. By 2003 the school was again on a failing schools list, and families qualified for school vouchers. According to Gerald Ensley of the Tallahassee Democrat, the condition of the school caused many families to send their children to Leon County Schools campuses and/or to private schools.