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The Columbus Municipal School District is governed by a five-member school board. CMSD's mascot is the falcon. The district is also the home of the oldest public school in Mississippi, Franklin Academy, which was founded in 1821. The CMSD currently consists of approximately 4,100 students enrolled in grades Pre-K through grade 12.
Columbus High School was formed by the merger of the city's two previous high schools, Stephen D. Lee High School and Caldwell High School; the schools were merged in 1992 and the campuses in 1997. Columbus is also home to the oldest public elementary school in Mississippi, Franklin Academy Elementary, founded in 1821. [citation needed]
This is a list of school districts in Mississippi.. School districts which are independent governments as per the U.S. Census Bureau include county-wide school districts, consolidated school districts, municipal separate school districts, special municipal separate school districts, and junior colleges.
The Starkville–Columbus, MS Combined Statistical Area was formerly known as Columbus–West Point was defined as consisting of Clay and Lowndes counties in northeastern Mississippi, which were separately treated as the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area and Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, respectively.
Pages in category "Columbus, Mississippi" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A school for African Americans in Columbus opened in 1865 in a warehouse. [clarification needed] The school became Union Academy and was run by Methodist missionaries.[when?] [1] According to William Lowndes Lipscomb, editor of the Columbus Democrat, Union Academy was established as a "department" of Franklin Academy following an 1877 legislative bill introduced by J. E. Leigh.
Heritage Academy's first athletic director was Billy Brewer. [11] When Brewer later accepted a coaching position at Ole Miss, he told the Clarion-Ledger that his involvement with the all-white academy was his "own business" and that it would not affect Ole Miss's efforts to recruit black players.
Sportspeople from Columbus, Mississippi (21 P) Pages in category "People from Columbus, Mississippi" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.