Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School

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Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School was a senior high school in Beaumont, Texas, a part of the Beaumont Independent School District, that operated from 1975 to 1986. The mascot was the cougar and its school colors were green and gold. [1]

It was established from the merger of Beaumont High School, the high school for white students, and Charlton-Pollard High School, the high school for black students. The merger happened after Joe J. Fisher, a U.S. federal district court judge, ordered Beaumont ISD to speedily desegregate. [2] In 1986 the school consolidated with French High School to form Beaumont Central High School. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Campus Motto, Colors, and Mascot." Central High School. Retrieved on February 15, 2019.
  2. Rienstra, Ellen Walker and Judith Walker Linsley (Beaumont Chamber of Commerce). Historic Beaumont: An Illustrated History. HPN Books, 2003. ISBN   1893619281, 9781893619289. p. 82.