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Drew High School (Mississippi)

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| address = Drew HS: 286 Green Avenue, Drew, MS 38737
Drew Hunter HS: 10 Swoope Road, Drew, MS 38737

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Drew High School was a public high school located in Drew, Mississippi. It was a part of the Drew School District. The school district's attendance boundary included Drew, Rome, and the employee residences of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), located in an unincorporated area."[http://www.osa.state.ms.us/documents/schools/2005/05sdrew.pdf Drew School District Audited Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2005]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173323/http://www.osa.state.ms.us/documents/schools/2005/05sdrew.pdf PDF]) Office of the State Auditor, State of Mississippi. 12 (18/82). Retrieved on July 20, 2010. It served grades 9 through 12 and later grades 8 through 12."[https://web.archive.org/web/20010223220945/http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/6720/dhs.htm Drew High School]." February 23, 2001. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "Grades 9–12 ""[https://web.archive.org/web/20040805201853/http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/6720/dhs.htm Drew High School]." Drew School District. August 5, 2004. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "Grades 8–12 "

History

In the 1960s, seven children of the family of Mae Bertha Carter were the first black students to attend white schools in Drew.Cobb, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WF3hl9UAODAC&dq=%22Drew+High+School%22+Mississippi&pg=PA248 248]. Archie Manning, an American football player who had attended Drew High School, recalled that there had been no violent incidents against the children but that the white students ignored the Carter children. According to Susan M. Glisson, author of The Human Tradition in the Civil Rights Movement, Ruth Carter, the oldest of the Carter children, encountered racial taunts involving the word "nigger", students avoiding her and moving out of her way, and students throwing spitballs.Glisson, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ao2DSDX5R3QC&dq=%22Ruth+Carter%2C+entering+the+eleventh+grade+at+the+high+school+as+the+oldest%22&pg=PA223 223]. In 1969 a court order ended the segregation system in the Drew School District.Glisson, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ao2DSDX5R3QC&dq=%22deepest+lesson+to+her+children%2C+along+with+her+total+commitment+to+education%2C%22&pg=PA224 224]

By 1971 black students were the majority of Drew High School, with four black students for every one white student. After Drew School District was desegregated, white residents of Drew enrolled their children in North Sunflower Academy. White teachers also left the school.Turner, Billy. "[http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/the_hometown_archie_once_knew.html The hometown Archie once knew is no more]." The Times-Picayune. Saturday January 26, 2009. Retrieved on March 30, 2012.

In 1997 Ned Tolliver Jr. came out of retirement to be the principal of Drew High.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Robert H.|title=Ned Tolliver is Drew High School's new principal|newspaper=The Enterprise-Tocsin|place=Indianola, Mississippi|date=April 3, 1997|page=B1}} – [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78781222/for-drew-high-school/ Clipping] from newspapers.com.

Prior to the 2010–11 school year the school district had three school buildings, with Drew High School being one of them. In 2010 the school district voted to close the Drew High School building and move the 5th and 6th grades to A.W. James. John Thigpen, the president of the school board, stated that the district operated as if it had 1,200 students when in fact it had 650."[http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=12293243 Board cuts schools down to 2]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." WDAM. April 12, 2010. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. Drew Hunter High School began serving secondary grades."[http://www.drew.k12.ms.us/HTML/schools.htm Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906104136/http://www.drew.k12.ms.us/HTML/schools.htm |date=2011-09-06 }}." Drew School District. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.

The Drew School District closed in 2012 and the high school-level students who attended Drew Hunter were moved to Ruleville Central High School.Amy, Jeff. "[http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/2ee314a4ac1041b899c98494895b0fe1/MS--Mississippi-Schools Mississippi to return Okolona schools to local control; district merger ends Drew High School]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Associated Press at The Republic. May 17, 2012. Retrieved on June 12, 2012."[http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/page46.html Home]." ([https://archive.today/20131009214425/http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/page46.html Archive]) Drew Hunter Middle School. Retrieved on October 9, 2013. "After two successful academic years, the high school portion of the school merged with Ruleville Central High School and Drew High School became Drew Hunter Middle School." The secondary school is now named Drew Hunter Middle School, with grades 6 through 8."[http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/SCSD%20Student%20Handbook%202012-13.pdf Handbook 2012–2013]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130724191705/http://www.sunflower.k12.ms.us/SCSD%20Student%20Handbook%202012-13.pdf Archive]) Sunflower County School District. Retrieved on October 9, 2013.

Student discipline

According to Charles Bussey, author of the 2004 book Where We Stand: Voices Of Southern Dissent, the assistant superintendent of the North Sunflower Academy discussed with him high expulsion, suspension, and dropout rates in Drew High School, which at that time had become mostly black.Bussey, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DHOtlIM8KKQC&dq=%22The+headmistress+of+the+all-white+private+Sunflower+%22&pg=PA150 150]–151. "Other whites remain adamant today in their belief that the civil rights movement ruined "the Southern way of life." The headmistress of the all-white private Sunflower Academy{{sic}} told us the history of its establishment, and the assistant school superintendent spoke of the high dropout, expulsion, and suspension rates in the now mostly black Drew High School."

Notable alumni

References

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External links

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  • {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/6720/HTML/dhs.htm|title=Drew High School}}." Drew School District (Archive, 2005–2009)
  • {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www2.mde.k12.ms.us/6720/dhs.htm|title=Drew High School}}." Drew School District (Archive, 2001–2004)

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