Greenwood Public School District (Mississippi)

In 1993, white parents in the Greenwood district made plans to look for majority white private schools after the district leadership proposed having a centralized middle school for all students.{{cite news| date=April 20, 1993| first= Al| last= Fava| page =2|newspaper = Greenwood Commonwealth | title = Winona Academy a possible route of escape for students| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/237806803/ | via = Newspapers.com}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78845462/for-strider-academy/ See clipping]

David Jordan, a member of the Mississippi Senate, criticized the upcoming Greenwood-Leflore merger since the Leflore district's performance in state tests was worse than that of the Greenwood district; their respective grades from the Mississippi Department of Education circa 2016-2017 were F and C.{{cite web|url=https://deltadailynews.com/lt-governor-willing-to-listen-on-greenwood-leflore-merger/|title=Lt. Governor Willing To Listen On Greenwood-Leflore Merger|publisher=Delta Daily News|accessdate=2018-09-17|archive-date=2018-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917005138/https://deltadailynews.com/lt-governor-willing-to-listen-on-greenwood-leflore-merger/|url-status=dead}} Circa 2016 the rating of the Greenwood district was D. Unlike most state-mandated school district consolidations, in which a larger district absorbs a smaller district, in this instance two districts of roughly equal size are merging; in 2016 the Greenwood district had 2,846 students while the Leflore district had 2,405 students. Adam Ganucheau and Zachary Oren Smith of Mississippi Today described both districts as being "large".{{cite news|author=Ganucheau, Adam|author2=Zachary Oren Smith|url=https://mississippitoday.org/2016/04/25/school-vote-in-jackson-hits-greenwood-hard/|title=School vote in Jackson hits Greenwood hard|work=Mississippi Today|date=2016-04-25|accessdate=2018-09-17}}

• Greenwood High School (Grades 9-12)
• Greenwood Middle School (Grades 7-8)
• Bankston Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Davis Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Threadgill Elementary (Grades K-6)
• Threadgill Primary School (Greenwood). It opened in 1935 as W.C. Williams Elementary School.{{cite web|last=Eric|first=Gerard|url=https://www.gwcommonwealth.com/news-top-stories/district-begins-work-repairs#sthash.Gt4zt67i.dpbs|title=District begins work on repairs|newspaper=Greenwood Commonwealth|date=2019-06-01|accessdate=2022-03-12|quote=[...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]}} Enrollment was 400 in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/22/wc-williams-elementary-will-close/|title=W.C. Williams Elementary will close|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Washington Times|date=2015-05-22|accessdate=2022-03-12}} In 2015 the closure of the school was proposed.{{cite news|last1=Stole|first1=Bryn|last2=Kalich|first2=Tim|title=W. C. Williams Elementary may close|newspaper=The Greenwood Commonwealth|date=2015-05-19|pages=1, 12}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97444363/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97444367/ of second page] at Newspapers.com. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/21/wc-williams-elementary-may-close/ Alternate URL] of an Associated Press release at the Washington Times website. On May 22, 2015, the school board voted to close it, but in 2017 it reopened for grades Pre-Kindergarten-1.{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-greenwood-pub-sch-dist|title=United States v. Greenwood Pub. Sch. Dist.|publisher=Casetext|accessdate=2022-03-12}} By 2019 the school adopted its current name.

Around 1988 Greenwood High School was almost split evenly between black and white students. In 1998 it was 92% black. Greenwood Junior High School was 97% black. Many white students were instead going to the private school Pillow Academy.Rubin, Richard. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/30/magazine/should-the-mississippi-files-have-been-re-opened-no-because.html?pagewanted=all Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-opened? No, because]." The New York Times. August 30, 1998. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.

The district had 2,846 students in 2016, and 2,634 in the 2018-2019 school year.{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Mike|url=https://www.asumag.com/facilities-management/business-finance/article/20857217/merger-creates-new-school-district-in-mississippi|title=Merger creates new school district in Mississippi|work=American School and University Magazine|date=2019-07-08|accessdate=2021-02-25}}

There were a total of 3,110 students enrolled in the Greenwood Public School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 51% female and 49% male. The racial makeup of the district was 91.64% African American, 7.43% White, 0.48% Hispanic, and 0.45% Asian.{{cite web|url=http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |title=Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System |publisher=Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |archivedate=2007-03-23 }} All of the district's students were eligible to receive free or price-subsidized lunch.{{cite web | url = http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/2008Report/DEMO0607.xls | title = 2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data | format = XLS | publisher = Mississippi Department of Education | date = 2008-01-16 | accessdate = 2008-05-18}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Students at all schools are required to wear school uniforms."[http://www.greenwood.k12.ms.us/district/newpolicies/DRESSCODE.pdf Student Dress Code] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723203836/http://www.greenwood.k12.ms.us/district/newpolicies/DRESSCODE.pdf |date=2011-07-23 }}." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010. The policy was established in the 2009-2010 school year."[http://www.greenwood.k12.ms.us/ Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210191947/http://www.greenwood.k12.ms.us/ |date=2007-02-10 }}." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.

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• {{cite web|url=https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/mississippi/msndce/4:1966cv00040/18382/37|title=USA v. G'wood Public Sch Filing 37 ORDER granting 36 Joint Motion for reopening of school. Signed by District Judge Sharion Aycock on 7/21/2017. (dbm)|publisher=Justia}} - About the reopening of W. C. Williams (later Threadgill Primary)

• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.greenwood.k12.ms.us/|title=Greenwood Public School District}}
• [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28083_leflore/DC10SD_C28083_001.pdf Map of school districts in Leflore County, MS, 2010] - U.S. Census Bureau

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