Brookhaven High School (Brookhaven, Mississippi)

Brookhaven High School is in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It is part of the Brookhaven School District.[1] All of the students are categorized as economically disadvantaged. The student body is about 2/3 African American and 1/3 white.[2] Classes are fairly segregated and the district allows a parental choice plan for parents to choose their teachers.[3][4] The school district is under a 1970 desegregation order.[5]

Brookhaven High School
Address
443 E Monticello St

Brookhaven, Mississippi
39601
Information
Established1938
School districtBrookhaven School District
NCES School ID280084000092
PrincipalShonique McLaurin
Grades9-12
Enrollment787
Student to teacher ratio16.01
Color(s)Red & Blue
MascotPanthers

Panthers are the school mascot and the school colors are red and blue.[6] It has a football team.[7]

In 1900 G. L. Teat served as principal of Brookhaven City School.[8] B. T. Schumpert was the principal in 1912.[9][10] C. H. Lipsey also served as principal.[11] A middle school in Brookhaven is named for him.

Black families boycotted local white-owned businesses after the school moved to hire as athletic director and football coach Hollis Rutter who had worked at segregation academia.[12]

Supporters of the parental choice plan argue it keeps white families in the districts public schools.[5] Lawrence County Academy was a segregation academy in the area after desegregation and Brookhaven Academy is a current one. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith attended Lawrence County Academy[13] and sent her daughter to Brookhaven Academy.[14][15]

Alumni

Several NFL players including Lance Alworth and Ralph Smith attended the school.[16] Basketball player Glen Whisby is an alum.

Additional alumni:

References
  1. "Brookhaven High School". bhs.brookhavenschools.org.
  2. "Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, MS - US News Best High Schools". U.S. News & World Report. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. "Segregated classrooms in Mississippi aren't a thing of the past. And parents play a role".
  4. Northam, Adam. "63 years after landmark Brown v. Board case, segregated classrooms persist". USA TODAY.
  5. Staff, Daily Leader (April 3, 2019). "MCIR report: Schools allow some segregation". Daily Leader.
  6. "Brookhaven (MS) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more | MaxPreps".
  7. "Mississippi High School Football History".
  8. "Catalogue of the Officers, Alumni and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi". 1900.
  9. "Bulletin". 1913.
  10. "Mississippi Educational Advance". 1911.
  11. Roemer, Joseph (1926). "Failures in Secondary Schools".
  12. Watts, Trent (May 1, 2008). White Masculinity in the Recent South. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807148686 – via Google Books.
  13. "'Segregation academy' attended by Cindy Hyde-Smith a common remnant of Mississippi's troubled history". NBC News.
  14. "Mississippi Senator Attended School Set Up After High Court Ordered Desegregation". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23.
  15. Forgey, Quint. "Mississippi newspaper: Hyde-Smith attended segregation academy". POLITICO.
  16. "Brookhaven (Brookhaven, MS) Alumni Pro Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  17. "Brookhaven High School, Brookhaven (MS) Basketball Players - RealGM".
  18. "Brookhaven to Honor Class of '14". Clarion-Ledger. October 17, 1954. p. 9 – via newspapers.com.

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