Haywood High School

Haywood High School
Address
1175 E College Street
Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
United States
Coordinates 35°36′02″N 89°14′50″W / 35.60063°N 89.24734°W / 35.60063; -89.24734Coordinates: 35°36′02″N 89°14′50″W / 35.60063°N 89.24734°W / 35.60063; -89.24734
Information
School type High School
School district Haywood County Schools
Principal Dr. Samuel Pyron
Grades 9-12
Color(s) Purple and White
Mascot Haywood High School Tomcat

Haywood High School is a United States public high school located in Brownsville, Tennessee. It is the sole public high school in Haywood County.

The building currently used by the high school was opened in 1970.[1]

In the early 1990s, it was noted in news reports that the school had a racially motivated selection system for homecoming queen, requiring alternating winners who were white, then black.[2] (Haywood County is the only county in Tennessee with a Black majority.)

Anti-gay controversy

In March 2012, principal Dorothy Bond received scrutiny for reportedly telling gay students that they would go hell, threatening them with 60-day suspensions for public displays of affection, and other verbal attacks on gay and pregnant students.[3] As a result of the attention that this remark engendered, Bond resigned on March 1, 2012.[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. General Info, haywoodschools.com, Retrieved March 1, 2012
  2. (7 February 1992). 0=0EB7D41285BA6DC3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Races take turns at homecoming title Unique policy: Tennessee educators say alternating queens keeps the peace at a majority-black school, Atlanta Journal Constitution
  3. (1 March 2012). Haywood principal accused of anti-gay remarks, The Jackson Sun (Associated Press)
  4. (1 March 2012). Haywood principal quits over anti-gay remarks, The Jackson Sun
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