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Holmes District School Board company history timeline

1964

That began to change when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark anti-discrimination law that, among its provisions, denied federal funds to segregated schools.

1965

During the winter term in 1965, 250 black students in Lexington, the county seat of Holmes, and 125 students from nearby Tchula asked their principals to persuade the all-white school board to obey Brown v.

In 1965, the year black parents filed their case, Holmes County parents organized to help open three private schools for white children.

1968

A special three-judge panel of the Southern District of Mississippi bundled Holmes with more than 30 other cases in 1968.

During the 1968-69 school year, almost 80 percent of the operating costs for three of the academies in the county were met by state tuition grants, according to a lawsuit challenging the program.

1985

In 1985, Holmes began building facilities and offering classes at both Ridgeland and Grenada.

1988

The State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (now the Mississippi Community College Board) approved the name change in December 1988.

1989

Holmes Junior College became Holmes Community College beginning with the 1989 school year after the Board of Trustees decided that having “community” in the name would more accurately reflect the comprehensive and multi-faceted mission of the modern two-year college.

1997

The Attala Center in Kosciusko opened its doors in 1997 to meet the needs of the residents in Attala and surrounding counties.

2003

In 2003, when Robert Clark retired, his son Bryant Clark ran for his father’s old seat.

2018

During the 2018-19 school year, Holmes County residents paid a higher rate of property taxes than the state average, but the district still raised about $2 million less locally than other districts of a similar size.

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