Flint Central High School
Flint Central High School, located in Flint, Michigan, USA, is the city's oldest school. Its first building was built in 1875, and the school moved into the present building in 1923. It was called Flint High School until Northern High School was built in 1928. Approximately 1,450 students attend the school. [1]
Mascot controversy
In 2003, the mascot for the school was changed from "Indians" to "Phoenix" after pressure from area Native American groups. Adding to the controversy, school officials entered the historic highschool under the cover of darkness to secretly remove every vestige of the 75 year old Indian mascot from the highschool. The public outcry and outright hostility toward the politically correct move to ban the Indian turned to a mostly silent determination to remain, as the locally popular phrase puts it, "once an Indian, always an Indian"
Principals
2006 - Present Maria Boyd-Springer
2001 - 2006 Corinne Archie-Edwards
1998 - 2001 Jim Beaubien
2002- 2006 Koren Edwards
External links
- http://central.flintschools.org/
- http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/civics-buildings-01-00/flinthighschool.html
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