Mingus Union High School

Mingus Union High School is a high school in Cottonwood, Arizona. It is one of two high schools in the Mingus Union High School District. The other school, Mingus Online Academy, is a computer based alternative school at the same location.[3]

Mingus Union High School
Address
1801 E Fir St

Cottonwood, Arizona
86326

United States
Coordinates34°43′3″N 112°0′17″W
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1958 (1958)
School boardCarol Anne Teague, President; Lori Drake, Vice-President; Stephen Currie, Member; Greg Roeller, Member; Anthony Lozano, Member[1]
School districtMingus Union High School District #4
SuperintendentMike Westcott
CEEB code030050
PrincipalGenie Gee
Staff62.40 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,261 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio20.21[2]
Color(s)Red and gray
MascotMarauders
AccreditationNorth Central Association

Mingus Union High School is a Title I school[4] serving the Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Beaver Creek, and Sedona areas.[5]

History

There were once three separate high schools in the Verde Valley of Arizona — Jerome, Clarkdale and Cottonwood. In 1950, Jerome and Clarkdale consolidated into "Mingus High School", and in 1958, Cottonwood High School was added, creating the new Mingus Union High School.[6]

Citizens pushed to create a new high school district instead of consolidating both the Jerome-Clarkdale and Cottonwood school districts completely. This happened in 1957 and 1958. The school district briefly took the "Union High School District" name, but this was changed to the present Mingus Union before the district became official.

The high school was located in Clarkdale until 1960. From then until the start of the 1972 school year, it was housed in Jerome's school buildings.[7] It then moved to Cottonwood.

Operations

As of 2019 the school has different colors for badges of upperclassman (grades 11–12) and underclassman (grades 9–10) students. The school requires people who would otherwise be upperclassmen to wear the ID colors of underclassmen if they lack sufficient credits. The Phoenix New Times printed an article discussing a parent's concerns that this could indirectly lead to shaming of some students; the family contacted the ACLU to get a remedy.[8]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Governing Board - Mingus Union High School District".
  2. "Mingus Union High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. "Online Academy a new path to graduation for Mingus students".
  4. "Civil Rights Data Collection".
  5. "Who We Are - Mingus Union High School District".
  6. "Historical societies receive high school annuals - the Verde Independent - Cottonwood, Arizona". Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  7. "Fightin' Words - the Verde Independent - Cottonwood, Arizona". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  8. Flaherty, Joseph (2019-01-01). "ACLU: 'Scarlet Badge' Policy at Arizona High School Shames Students". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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