Washington High School

Washington High School (WHS) is public high school in Washington, Missouri that is part of the School District of Washington. History Washington High School was built in 1900, with its class of 1900–1901 having only five graduates, and 47 students total. Following the case Brown v. Board of Education, Washington Schools desegregated in 1954 with Clifford Aitch being the first African-American graduate in 1959. Aitch would later teach physical education in the Washington School District as its first African-American teacher. The new Washington High School was erected in 1956, during the tenure of superintendent CJ Burger who would later name the school’s auditorium, with its first principal being Russel C. Nix. The new school had been in the works for years, and had even received funding from the graduating class of 1949.