McEvans Warriors K-12 School | |
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601 Hwy 61 North Shaw , Mississippi 38773 United States | |
Coordinates | 33°36′37″N 90°45′59″W / 33.61038865050219°N 90.76648473960043°W |
Information | |
Type | Public K-12 school |
School district | West Bolivar Consolidated School District (2014-) Shaw School District (-2014) |
Principal | Daphne Young |
Enrollment | 146 (2016-17)[1] |
Website | www |
McEvans Warriors K-12 School, formerly Shaw High School, is a public K-12 school in Shaw, Mississippi. It is a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District. Until 2014 it was in the Shaw School District, which served Shaw and Skene.[2]
The former Shaw High School building was first built in 1923. As of 2017[update] it had 158 students. Leland School District offers vocational training to Shaw High School students.[3]
McEvans Negro High School formerly existed.[4] In 1958 the school had almost 1,000 students. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1958, causing about $115,000 in damages.[5]
Both Shaw High and McEvans Elementary were in the Shaw School District until July 1, 2014, when that district was consolidated into West Bolivar Consolidated.[6]
At one point the condition of the Shaw High building, at 214 Dean Boulevard,[7] deteriorated to the point where the high school moved in with McEvans Elementary School. In 2020 the facility was renamed the McEvans School and became K-12. Shaw High had green and gold as its colors with a hawk mascot while McEvans Elementary had gold, maroon, and white as colors with a hawk mascot. The school board normally would have asked for more student participation but the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi dampened this. The board chose gold, maroon, and white as colors and a warrior mascot.[8]