Shaw High School | |
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601 Hwy 61 North Shaw , Mississippi 38773 United States | |
Coordinates | 33°36′38″N 90°46′0″W / 33.61056°N 90.76667°W |
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Type | Public 7-12 school |
School district | West Bolivar Consolidated School District (2014-) Shaw School District (-2014) |
Principal | Daphne Young |
Enrollment | 146 (2016-17)[1] |
Website | shs |
Shaw High School, formerly McEvans Warriors K-12 School,[2] is a public 7-12 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.[3]
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.[4]
McEvans Negro High School formerly existed.[5] In 1958 the school had almost 1,000 students. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1958, causing about $115,000 in damages.[6]
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.[7]
At one point the condition of the Shaw High building, at 214 Dean Boulevard,[8] 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.[9]
Shaw High School P.O. Box 510, 214 Dean Blvd. Shaw, MS 38773
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Community college districts serving the county are: Mississippi Delta Community College and Coahoma Community College Benoit SD previously operated Ray Brooks, Mound Bayou PSD previously operated Kennedy High, and Shaw SD previously operated Shaw High See also: Education segregation in the Mississippi Delta |