Parkway Central High School

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Parkway Central High School
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Parkway Central High School
369 North Woods Mill Road
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017

United States
Coordinates 38°39′52″N90°30′16″W / 38.66438°N 90.50452°W / 38.66438; -90.50452
Information
Type Public
Established1954
School district Parkway School District
PrincipalTim McCarthy
Teaching staff88.43 (FTE) [1]
Number of students1,265 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.31 [1]
Color(s)Red, black, and white
   
Athletics conference Suburban Central Conference
MascotColt
NewspaperCorral
Website School website

Parkway Central High School is a public high school in Chesterfield, Missouri, that is part of the Parkway School District.

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History

Five elementary school districts merged to form the Parkway Consolidated School District.[ when? ] The name for the district was proposed by a fourth grader from Barretts Elementary School. The name "Parkway" was in honor of the Daniel Boone Parkway, which is also known as Highway 40 (now I-64). The road passes through the center of the district. The word Consolidated was later dropped as sounding too rural in the rapidly growing and changing district.

Parkway Central was the first high school built in the new district. The original high school was converted to a junior high school when the present high school was built in 1961. There are now a total of five high schools in the district (Central, North, West, South, and Fern Ridge).

In September 2021, several hundred students walked out of class after racist graffiti was found at the school. Students walked to the school's administrative building, and chanted "no justice, no peace". [2] The school later disclosed that a black student had written the graffiti. The school's superintendent wrote a letter to the community saying the student's race "does not diminish the hurt it caused or the negative impact it has on our entire community". [3]

Activities

For the 2011–2012 school year, the school offered 27 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, football, boys and girls golf, girls lacrosse, music activities, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. [4] The school does not sponsor a boys ice hockey club. The school newspaper is the Corral, which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. There is a marching band, the "Parkway Central Marching Colts" that plays at football games in the fall as well as marching competitions. The band students then play in either a concert or symphonic band after football season ends. The concert band is available during football season as well for those who can not or would prefer not to march.

Notable alumni

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