A West High, South Side Story

It didn’t make sense to the kids in the room.

Consolidating Jackson City Schools and Madison County Schools had been a conversation in the Hub City since at least 1970, but social media and the 24-hour news cycle didn’t exist in the spring of 1992. That’s when Casshawndra Gillispie, a sophomore at the time, sat with other athletes in the West High School cafeteria and learned the school would be closing in just a few months. She and her classmates would have to continue their education and athletic careers at South Side High School.

Stories, HistoryCourtney SearcyFebruary 4, 2022Black History Month, Southside High School, West High School, Basketball, jackson tn, Civil Rights Movement, History