| Wesson Attendance Center | |
| Motto: | "Once, always a |
| Type: | Public all grades |
| District: | Copiah County School District |
| Grades: | K12 |
| Principal: | Tommy Clopton |
| Students: | 901 (201516)[1] |
| Athletics: | football, soccer, tennis, baseball, softball, golf, basketball, volleyball, track, powerlifting, cross country |
| Colors: | Blue, red and white |
| Mascot: | Cobra |
| Address: | 1048 Grove Street |
| Location: | Wesson, Mississippi |
| County: | Copiah County |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 31.8594°N -90.4039°W |
Wesson Attendance Center is a K12 school in Wesson, Mississippi.
Wesson Attendance Center is one of four schools that make up the Copiah County School District.[2]
In 2007 students at this high school won the 2A state golf championship.[3]
In 2009, an honor student named Ceara Sturgis submitted a photograph of herself wearing a tuxedo for the senior yearbook. School officials told her that her picture was inappropriate on the basis of her clothing not matching her gender.[4] [5] [6] The school chose to exclude Sturgis from the yearbook.[7] Sturgis claims that she was removed from the yearbook because she is a lesbian.[8] She alleged that the school discriminated against her.[7]
The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the school district on behalf of Sturgis.[9] Sturgis graduated from Wesson Attendance Center in May 2010.[9] In December 2011, the ACLU settled the lawsuit after the school district agreed to require all students to pose in caps and gowns for the yearbook.[10]