Itawamba Agricultural High School

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The Itawamba Agricultural High School is a high school in Fulton in the state of Mississippi . It is one of six schools that are part of the Itawamba County School District . The principal of the school is Trae Wiygul.

history

The school was founded in 1920. Since 1921, one year after it was founded, the school has been one of the highest schools in the state of Mississippi . In 1941 the school was given the right to serve as a college for two years . However, due to the Second World War , this right was not renewed. In March 1948, Supervisors Lee and Monroe allowed the school to sponsor Itawamba Community College. Today the school is one of four high schools in Mississippi. On July 1, 1997, the school became a member of the Itawamba County School District.

Projects

The school has both a marching band and a school band . The school also has its own baseball , basketball , tennis , softball and two football teams, as well as a cross country and a fastpitch team.

Controversy

The Juin Baize case

16-year-old Juin Baize lived from woman to man with her mother and two sisters in New Harmony before her sex change . As a boy he moved with his family to Fulton, where his grandmother lived. Baize was sent home on February 3, 2010 for wearing clothes that were common for girls. One day later he was expelled from school for no specific reason. Baize contacted the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU asked the school to send documents to the organization explaining why Baize was expelled from the school. The school did not comply with this request. After the ACLU posted the story to the local newspaper, Baize's grandmother recommended that he and his family leave the state . The family now lives in Florida . Baize and the ACLU decided not to pursue the case any further due to this twist.

Prom affair

Shortly after the Baize case, the school hit the media again. In March 2010, the school received both national and international attention after the school canceled a prom because former student Constance McMillen wanted to show up with a same-sex friend. After both the principal and vice-principal banned McMillen from going to prom with their girlfriend, McMillen turned to the American Civil Liberties Union . ACLU attorneys wrote a letter to the school that it was against the American Constitution to expel students based on their sexual orientation. The school canceled the ball without giving a reason for the decision. The ACLU then made the matter public. McMillen went to Los Angeles and appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show . More than 400,000 people followed the story on McMillen's Facebook profile . At the end of March, the Mississippi Supreme Court in Aberdeen ruled that the school had violated McMillen's fundamental rights , but that court did not object to the cancellation of the ball.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the school ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.itawambaahs.com
  2. ^ A b c d e Dan Savage: Itawamba Agricultural High School Suspended a Transgender Student Back in January , The Stranger . March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010. 
  3. ^ A b Unknown: Male Student Sent Home for Dressing Like a Girl in Mississippi , Associated Press . February 5, 2010. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.myeyewitnessnews.com  
  4. ↑ Chris Joyner: Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request , USA Today . March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 11, 2010. Archived at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usatoday.com 
  5. ↑ Sheila Byrd ( Associated Press ): Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap , Yahoo! News . March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010. 
  6. ↑ Meghan Housley: Mississippi school board cancels prom over lesbian and her date , National Post . March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / network.nationalpost.com 
  7. ^ Radio interview with Constance McMillan , KGO (AM) . March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / members.kgoradio.com 
  8. ↑ Chris Joyner: ACLU files suit against Miss. school for canceling prom , USA Today . March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Archived at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usatoday.com 
  9. ↑ Der Spiegel - Verbotene Liebe: Why a school broke US law because of two lesbians