Hazard High School

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Hazard High School
Location
157 Bulldog Lane
Hazard, Kentucky 41701
USA
Coordinates 37°15′09″N 83°11′37″W / 37.252416, -83.193669
Information
School district Hazard Independent Schools
Superintendent Sandra Johnson[1]
Principal Donald Mobelini[1]
Enrollment

316[2] (2005-06)
Faculty 18.5 (on FTE basis)[2]
Student:teacher ratio 17.1[2]
Type Public
Grades 9-12
Athletics conference KHSAA[3]
Mascot Bulldog[1]
Team name Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs[1]
School Colour(s) Navy and Old Gold
        [3]
Feeder schools Roy G. Eversole Middle School
Homepage www.hazard.kyschools.us/hhs

Hazard High School is a public high school located in Hazard, Kentucky. The school serves about 300 students in grades 9-12 in the Hazard Independent Schools.

Hazard High School's boys' basketball team, the Bulldogs, won state titles in 1932, 1955, and 2004.[4][5] Alumni Johnny Cox and Sam Smith played in the NBA and ABA, respectively.[6][7] The school band was one of ten selected to play at George H. W. Bush's presidential inauguration in 1988.[8]

The school received national[9][10] attention in 1995 when it elected senior Valerie Cornett as its first African American homecoming queen. The town of Hazard had been infamous as the site of Kentucky's last public lynching, which took place in 1934. Cornett told reporters, "The young generation is trying to move forward. Here it's like everyone's equal." [9] It had only been in 1956 and only then because of national legal rulings that Hazard High ceased to be an all-white school.[11]

For a time in the 1990s, principal Donald Pratt defied US Supreme Court rulings by leading the school in the Lord's Prayer each morning over the intercom.[12] In December 1995, however, school officials replaced the prayer with a moment of silence, fearing legal repercussions after the morning prayer received attention in newspaper articles.[13]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Hazard High School website. Hazard High School. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
  2. ^ a b c Hazard High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
  3. ^ a b Hazard High School Directory Entry - (# 119). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2008-01-11.
  4. ^ Mike Fields. "Hazard regaining its winning ways". Lexington Herald Leader. February 22, 1985. C4.
  5. ^ Jody Demling. "With help from its 'ghosts,' Hazard wins crown". Lexington Herald Leader. February 9, 2004. 4E.
  6. ^ a b Johnny Cox. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Sam Smith. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
  8. ^ Dick Burdette. Lexington Herald Leader. December 27, 1988. B1.
  9. ^ a b "Race isn't an issue in small Kentucky town". Associated Press. Deseret News. November 2, 1995. A10.
  10. ^ "Town with racist past has its first black homecoming queen". Greensboro News & Record. October 30, 1995. A2.
  11. ^ Liberty High school history accessed 11 January 2008
  12. ^ "In defiance of rulings, prayer thrives in some Ky. schools". Associated Press. Lexington Herald-Leader. November 24, 1995. B4.
  13. ^ "Moment of silence replaces school prayer". Lexington Herald-Leader. December 9, 1995. C3.
  14. ^ "Daniel Mongiardo Inaugural Address Frankfort, KY December 11, 2007 2 p.m." (PDF), State of Kentucky. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 
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