Wesson Attendance Center | |
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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 |
Grades | K–12 |
Number of students | 901 (2015–16) [1] |
Color(s) | Blue, red and white |
Athletics | football, soccer, tennis, baseball, softball, golf, basketball, volleyball, track, powerlifting, cross country |
Mascot | Cobra |
Website |
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Wesson Attendance Center is a K–12 school in Wesson, Mississippi.
Wesson Attendance Center is one of four schools that make up the Copiah County School District. [2]
In 2007 students at this high school won the 2A state golf championship. [3][ better source needed]
In 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]