The West Bolivar Consolidated School District is a public

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based in Rosedale,

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). It serves sections of

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. In addition to Rosedale, the district also serves the towns of Gunnison, Beulah, and

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in western Bolivar County and Benoit and the section of

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in southern Bolivar County. It also serves

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of Scott,

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, and Symonds.

History

In 1925, 9-year-old Martha Lum was denied admission to Rosedale Consolidated High School (now West Bolivar High School) because she was

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upheld the Mississippi's right to exclude her in '' Lum v. Rice''. That decision was overturned by the holding in ''

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'' in 1954. Beginning in 1986 Benoit School District students did not attend Ray Brooks School (previously Nugent Center School, a.k.a. Benoit High School), but instead

West Bolivar High School West Bolivar High School is a senior high school in Rosedale, Mississippi, and a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District (formerly the West Bolivar School District). In addition to Rosedale it serves Gunnison, Pace, and Symonds, an ...

. However high school classes at Ray Brooks resumed in 2000.Wilson hopes to break out the shoes'
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''. January 10, 2002. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. Linda Coleman, a Democratic member of the

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from Mound Bayou, stated that the costs of transporting children to West Bolivar from Benoit were too high. In 2012 the

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passed a bill that required five school districts in Bolivar County to consolidate into two larger ones. On July 1, 2014, the Benoit School District,

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, and West Bolivar School District consolidated into the West Bolivar Consolidated School District. The former three districts were abolished under the law with a new one formed. In 2017 there were at least 19 people applying to be the district's superintendent.

Governance

The board has two members from the Rosedale area, two members from the Shaw area, and one from the Benoit area.

Schools

* PK-12:

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) (merger of McEvans Elementary and Shaw High School) * 7-12:

( Rosedale) * PK-6: West Bolivar Elementary School (Rosedale) * Joe Barnes Career Technical Center (Rosedale) ; Former schools: * PK-12: Ray Brooks School (near Benoit) (closed 2020) * West Bolivar Middle School (Rosedale) ** In 2020 the district decided to move West Bolivar High into the West Bolivar Middle building. at 1213 South Main Street. West Bolivar High moved to Building B. Now West Bolivar High is a unified 7-12 school, at the former middle school campus.

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,014 students enrolled in the West Bolivar School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 95.86% African American, 3.35% White, and 0.79% Hispanic. 88.5% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

Accountability statistics

References

External links

* * {{Education in Bolivar County, Mississippi Education in Bolivar County, Mississippi School districts in Mississippi School districts established in 2014 2014 establishments in Mississippi