Wesson Attendance Center

Wesson Attendance Center
Location
1048 Grove Street

Wesson, Mississippi

Copiah County

United States

31°51′34″N 90°24′14″W / 31.85938°N 90.40386°W / 31.85938; -90.40386
Information
TypePublic all grades
Motto"Once a Cobra , always a Cobra”
School district
Copiah County School District
Principal
Tommy Clopton
Staff59.94 (FTE)
GradesK–12
Enrollment877 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio
14.63
ColorsBlue, red and white
     
Athleticsfootball, soccer, tennis, baseball, softball, golf, basketball, volleyball, track, powerlifting, cross country
MascotMighty Cobra
Websitewww.copiah.ms/wac/index

Wesson Attendance Center is a K–12 school in Wesson, Mississippi.

Background

Wesson Attendance Center is one of four schools that make up the Copiah County School District.

Athletics

In 2007 students at this high school won the 2A state golf championship.[better source needed]

Gender discrimination lawsuit

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. The school chose to exclude Sturgis from the yearbook. Sturgis claims that she was removed from the yearbook because she is a lesbian. She alleged that the school discriminated against her.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the school district on behalf of Sturgis. Sturgis graduated from Wesson Attendance Center in May 2010. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WESSON ATTENDANCE CENTER". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Copiah County School District / Homepage". www.copiah.ms.
  3. ↑ "Cobra Athletics". Archived from the original on September 28, 2008.
  4. ↑ Katina Rankin (October 14, 2009). "Wesson girl wants to wear tux in yearbook photo". WLOX. American Broadcasting Company. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ Lynch, Adam (November 18, 2010). "Ceara's Season". Jackson Free Press.
  6. ↑ Byrd, Shelia (October 15, 2009). "Ceara Sturgis, Lesbian High School Student, Told She Can't Wear Tuxedo In Yearbook". The Huffington Post.
  7. 1 2 Lynch, Adam (April 26, 2010). "School Cuts Gay Student Photo from Yearbook". Jackson Free Press.
  8. ↑ "Mississippi school bars lesbian student from wearing tuxedo, traditionally for boys, in senior photo". NY Daily News. October 16, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Judge allows suit over annual photo to proceed". Houston Chronicle. September 22, 2011. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  10. ↑ Mohr, Holbrook (December 7, 2011). "American Civil Liberties Union Settles Lesbian Yearbook Flap With Mississippi High School". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 8, 2014.