Wesson Attendance Center is a K–12 school in Wesson, Mississippi.
| Wesson Attendance Center | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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1048 Grove Street United States | |
| Coordinates | 31°51′34″N 90°24′14″W / 31.85938°N 90.40386°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public all grades |
| Motto | "Once , always a |
| School district | Copiah County School District |
| Principal | Tommy Clopton |
| Staff | 59.94 (FTE) [1] |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Number of students | 877 (2022-2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.63 [1] |
| Color(s) | Blue, red and white |
| Athletics | football, soccer, tennis, baseball, softball, golf, basketball, volleyball, track, powerlifting, cross country |
| Mascot | Cobra |
| Website | www |
Background
editWesson Attendance Center is one of four schools that make up the Copiah County School District.[2]
Athletics
editIn 2007 students at this high school won the 2A state golf championship.[3][better source needed]
Gender discrimination lawsuit
editIn 2009, an honor student named Ceara Sturgis submitted a photograph of herself wearing a tuxedo for the senior yearbook. School officials told her that her picture was inappropriate on the basis of her clothing not matching her gender.[4][5][6] The school chose to exclude Sturgis from the yearbook.[7] Sturgis claims that she was removed from the yearbook because she is a lesbian.[8] She alleged that the school discriminated against her.[7]
The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the school district on behalf of Sturgis.[9] Sturgis graduated from Wesson Attendance Center in May 2010.[9] In December 2011, the ACLU settled the lawsuit after the school district agreed to require all students to pose in caps and gowns for the yearbook.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "WESSON ATTENDANCE CENTER". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ "Copiah County School District / Homepage". www.copiah.ms.
- ^ "Cobra Athletics". Archived from the original on September 28, 2008.
- ^ Katina Rankin (2009-10-14). "Wesson girl wants to wear tux in yearbook photo". WLOX. American Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ Lynch, Adam (2010-11-18). "Ceara's Season". Jackson Free Press.
- ^ Byrd, Shelia (2009-10-15). "Ceara Sturgis, Lesbian High School Student, Told She Can't Wear Tuxedo In Yearbook". The Huffington Post.
- ^ a b Lynch, Adam (2010-04-26). "School Cuts Gay Student Photo from Yearbook". Jackson Free Press.
- ^ "Mississippi school bars lesbian student from wearing tuxedo, traditionally for boys, in senior photo". NY Daily News. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Judge allows suit over annual photo to proceed". Houston Chronicle. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Mohr, Holbrook (7 December 2011). "American Civil Liberties Union Settles Lesbian Yearbook Flap With Mississippi High School". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 April 2014.