Mingus Union High School

Mingus Union High School
Address
1801 E Fir St
Cottonwood, Arizona 86326
United States
Coordinates 34°43′2.72″N 112°0′17.08″W / 34.7174222°N 112.0047444°W / 34.7174222; -112.0047444
Information
School type Public high school
Established 1958
School board Anita Glazar, President; Lori Drake, Clerk; Steve Gesell, Member; James Ledbetter, Member; Anthony Lozano, Member[1]
School district Mingus Union High School District #4
Superintendent Dr. Penny Hargrove
Principal Genie Gee
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1259 Students (Nov. 30, 2017)[2]
Color(s) Red, Gray
Mascot Marauders
Accreditation North Central Association
Website

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 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.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mingusunion.com/Governing_Board
  2. ↑ https://www.cvbugle.com/news/2017/nov/30/editorial-simplistic-analysis-eye-opener-consolida/
  3. ↑ http://m.verdenews.com/news/2015/apr/25/online-academy-a-new-path-to-graduation-for-mingu/?templates=mobile
  4. ↑ https://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=44781&syk=7&pid=2008
  5. ↑ http://www.mingusunion.com/Who_We_Are
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  7. ↑ http://www.verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=201&SubSectionID=675&ArticleID=25170


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