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Amanda Elzy High School (AEHS) is a high school in unincorporated Leflore County, Mississippi, south of Greenwood,[1] and part of the Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District.[2]

Шаблон:As of, it had 488 students in grades 9–12 and 36.37 teachers (full-time equivalent).[3]

Its service area includes Minter City, Money, Sidon, and Schlater.[4]

History

The school was named in 1959 in honor of Amanda Elzy, a pioneering black educator.[5]Шаблон:Rp

It was a part of the Leflore County School District until that district's merger into Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District on July 1, 2019.[6]

Demographics

In the 2012Шаблон:Ndash2013 school year, the demographic profile of the student body was 492 black students, 5 Hispanic students and 2 white students.[3]

In 2014, its students were reported as 100% "economically disadvantaged."[7]

Discipline

By 2010 the school began to only issue detentions for physical altercations, with a choice of either Saturdays or after school, instead of all day in-school suspensions.[8]

Notable alumni

  • Lusia Harris (1955–2022), basketball player[9] and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame[10]
  • Gerald Glass (born 1967), All-SEC (Ole Miss 1989-1990) and professional basketball player. Glass attended Amanda Elzy High School as a student, and then returned as an adult to coach the basketball team to a state championship in the 2011–2012 season.[11][12]
  • Alphonso Ford (1971–2004), basketball player[13]
  • Leroy Jones (1950–2021), American football player[14]

In popular culture

The school is mentioned frequently in Richard Rubin's book Confederacy of Silence.[15]

References

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External links

Шаблон:Leflore County, Mississippi Schools Шаблон:Authority control

  1. Home page. Amanda Elzy High School. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. "604 Elzy Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930"
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  4. Шаблон:Cite web - The page states "Schlater" as being "Slaughter".
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  6. "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Шаблон:Webarchive." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
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