Odessa High School is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware. It has a Townsend postal address, while its name refers to nearby

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. It is a part of the

Appoquinimink School District The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building, 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware, with Matthew Burrows as the current sup ...

. The ducks are the mascot. It is a part of the Fairview K-12 Campus, which is on a former corn field and also includes the Old State Elementary School and Spring Meadow Early Childhood Center. It shares its building with Cantwell's Bridge Middle School.

History

The Appoquinimink district began developing the complex circa 2010. The district selected the duck mascot in 2017. The building had a cost of $148 million. Groundbreaking began in January 2018. Construction completed in fall 2020 and opened with grade 9 students. As the COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware occurred, the initial students did

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. The athletic teams began in November 2020.

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* High schools in New Castle County, Delaware Public high schools in Delaware 2020s establishments in Delaware Educational institutions established in 2020 {{Delaware-school-stub