Coosa High School | |
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4454 Alabama Hwy NW ,
Georgia 30165 United States | |
Coordinates | 34°15′48″N 85°18′15″W / 34.26332°N 85.304237°W |
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School type | Public high school |
School district | Floyd County School District |
NCES District ID | 130219000937 |
NCES School ID | 1302190 |
Principal | Judson Cox |
Grades | 9- 12 |
Enrollment | 898 (in 2021–2022) [1] |
Color(s) | Black, Silver, White |
Team name | Eagles |
Website |
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Coosa High School is a public high school in unincorporated Floyd County, Georgia, United States, with a Rome, Georgia postal address. [2] A part of the Floyd County School District, it serves the areas of Garden Lakes,[ citation needed] Cave Spring, Alto Park, [3] and Coosa Valley.[ citation needed]
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The school colors are black and white. Since May 2021, the principal is Judson Cox, who was preceded by LaDonna Turrentine in the role. [4] [5] [6]
Coosa High School receives Title 1 funding. [1] In 2022, U.S. News & World Report placed Coosa High School 240 of the 476 high schools in Georgia, and 10,511 out of 17,245 high schools nationally. [7] In 2020–2021, the total minority enrollment is 41%, and 66% of students at the school are economically disadvantaged. [7]
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In 2021, the school garnered national attention when four white students were filmed at the school carrying the Confederate flag and using racial slurs on themed "farm day", and the school took no action against these students. [8] [9] A group of racially mixed students planned a protest and the school suspended several of the planners. All of the suspended students were black. [10]
Reports of racism by teachers and some white students against African-American students at Coosa High School, and the refusal of the Floyd County School District to take disciplinary action against the racist behavior have resulted in the school district and board of education in Floyd County being sued by the students and mothers of the students. [11] [12] The civil lawsuit also cites the incident of students wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts have been suspended, despite the fact the school has taken no action against racist students who used racial slurs against African-American or students who carried the Confederate flag on school grounds. [13] [8]
4454 Alabama Hwy., Rome, GA 30165
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Judson Cox will become the principal of Coosa High School...LaDonna Turrentine, the current CHS principal, will be the new principal at Alto Park Elementary School.
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