Coahoma Early College High School
high school in Mississippi, United States
Coahoma Early College High School (CECHS), formerly Coahoma Agricultural High School (CAHS), was a public secondary school in unincorporated Coahoma County, Mississippi (United States), with a Clarksdale postal address. The school is designated as a part of the Coahoma Agricultural High School District (ASD #1402), and operated by Coahoma Community College. Previously it was, as of 2000, one of three independently functioning agricultural high schools in the state of Mississippi. The school has its own facilities, instructional and administrative personnel, and student programs. It shares library facilities with the college.
When it was still CAHS, the school operated the Coahoma Early College High School program. On July 1, 2018, the original Coahoma County Agricultural High School was dissolved, with the Coahoma Early College High School taking its place.
Coahoma Early College High School closed in 2021.
History
Coahoma County Agricultural High School was established in 1924. It was one of the first agricultural high schools for Blacks in Mississippi.
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