Central High School (Beaumont, Texas)

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Central Medical Magnet High School (CMMHS) was a magnet high school in Beaumont, Texas. It was operated by the Beaumont Independent School District. The mascot was the jaguar. [1]

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History

CMMHS was established in 1986 by the merger of Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School and French High School. In 2006 it received a medical magnet program. [1]

In 2017 Hurricane Harvey (as Tropical Storm Harvey) hit the Beaumont area, damaging Central High's main building. The gymnasium remained open. [2]

The school merged with Clifton J. Ozen High School in 2018 to form Beaumont United High School. [3]

Athletics

Each year Central and Ozen had an athletic match, the Soul Bowl. Central also had an athletic match with Westbrook High School, known as the Beaumont Bowl. [4]

Notable alumni

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References

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