Stone High School is a public
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in
Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins is a city in and the county seat of Stone County, Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Me ...
, United States. It is the only high school in the
Stone County School District
The Stone County School District is a public school district based in Wiggins, Mississippi (USA). The district's boundaries parallel that of Stone County.
Schools
* Stone High School
*Stone Middle School
*Stone Elementary School
*Perkinston ...
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History
Prior to federally mandated integration in 1969, Stone County maintained separate schools for white students and black students. Stone High School served the white students, while Stone County Training School, built in 1955 and renamed
W.P. Locker High School in 1959, served the African-American students.
After integration, Locker became Stone Middle School.
Locker's principal, Needham Jones, a former
Tuskegee airman
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Fighter Group, 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the ...
,
was demoted to assistant principal at Stone Middle, although he was more qualified than the white principal at Stone High. Jones sued and won, but retired rather than take the position of principal at Stone High.
In 2016, a group of white students at Stone High put a noose around a black student's neck. Local law enforcement discouraged the student's family from filing a report.
The student was disciplined by the school and removed from the football team by coach John Feaster, the school's first African-American coach in any sport. In 2016, 75% of the school's 800 students were white.
A 2017 report showed that white students were 3.2 times more likely to be in an AP class than black students, and that black students were 3 times more likely to be disciplined than white students.
Notable alumni
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Chris Boykin
Christopher "Big Black" Boykin (January 13, 1972 – May 9, 2017) was an American television personality and musician best known for his role on the MTV reality television series ''Rob & Big'', in which he co-starred with professional skateboarde ...
, television personality
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Sammy Brown, professional football player
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D.J. Davis, professional baseball player
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Justin Evans, professional football player
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Marcus Hinton, professional football player
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Rebekah Jones, data scientist and geographer
[Berryhill, Lyndy (December 16, 2020). Fla. health official accused of being 'whistleblower' is a Stone High graduate. ''Stone County Enterprise'']
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Fred Lewis
Frederick Deshaun Lewis (born December 9, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He made his debut on September 1, , with the San Francisco Giants. He is the cousin of former Major League outfielder Matt Lawton. He lived i ...
, professional baseball player
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Stevon Moore
Stevon Nathaniel Moore (born February 9, 1967) is an American former football player from Wiggins, Mississippi who was selected by the New York Jets in the seventh round (181st overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 204-lb. safety from the U ...
, professional football player
Notable faculty
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Ode Burrell
Ode Burrell Jr. (September 15, 1939 – February 28, 2009) was an American football player. A halfback, he played high school football at Durant, Mississippi college football at Mississippi State University, where he was the MVP of the Libert ...
, professional football player, coached at Stone High
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Public high schools in Mississippi
Education in Stone County, Mississippi