Mica Mountain High School is a high school in

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

, the fourth public high school operated by the

Vail Unified School District Founded in 1903, the Vail Unified School District (often shortened to simply Vail School District) is the school district in the town of Vail, Arizona. It also serves portions of nearby Tucson, Arizona. It operates an inclusive preschool, ten elem ...

History

A $61.3 million bond narrowly passed by Vail School District voters, by a margin of 483 votes, in November 2018 allowed the school district to move forward with the first phase of the Mica Mountain project, for which $35 million was earmarked. The district direly needed to build the first phase to alleviate overcrowding that had led to high school gyms and libraries being used as overflow classrooms. Additionally, the Vail Inclusive Preschool program, which had been housed at

Cienega High School Cienega High School (also known as CHS) is a public high school in Pima County, Arizona. It opened in the fall of 2001 with approximately 400 students (freshmen and sophomores). It is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association's 5A Conf ...

, would relocate to an expanded space on the new campus. Land was acquired in May 2019 for the school; both the $6.5 million land cost and a further $22 million toward construction were contributed by the Arizona School Facilities Board. Nemer Hassey, who had been the former Cienega High football coach, was tapped to lead the new school. A 200-member committee handled school design, including naming and mascot selection;

Mica Mountain Mica Mountain is an peak in the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park in Pima County, Arizona, about east of Tucson. It is the highest point of the park and the highest point in the Rincon Mountains. See also * List of mountain p ...

is the highest peak in the

Rincon Mountains The Rincon Mountains (O'odham: Cew Doʼag) are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley. The other ranges include ...

, while the Thunderbolts moniker refers to the summer monsoons and the A-10 Thunderbolts at nearby Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

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