Central Lafourche High School
Central Lafourche High School (CLHS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Mathews, unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, about southwest of New Orleans. The school, which has a Raceland postal address, is one of three high schools in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools district. It serves the communities of: Mathews, Raceland, Lockport, Lockport Heights,. and Gheens as well as the Lafourche Parish section of Des Allemands. History The school is a consolidation of the former Raceland High School and Lockport High School. It was established by the Lafourche Parish School Board in 1965 as a three-year, co-educational senior high school. It was built at a cost of almost $4,000,000. The school became a reality with the 1966-1967 school session. Until the building was completed, the school was housed in temporary facilities on the campus of the former Lockport High School. The ninth grade and Pre G.E.D./Skills Option Programs were added to the Central Lafourche Curriculum in the 2001-2002 school year. In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration. Therefore black students now attended the previously all-white school. Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A". Athletics Central Lafourche High athletics competes in the LHSAA. The school competes interscholastically in several sports, including: The Trojan Lancer Marching Band Dance Team (Trojanettes) Football Baseball Basketball Bowling Varsity cheer Junior varsity cheer Cross country Fishing Golf Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track and field Volleyball Notable alumni Tommy Hodson - LSU and NFL quarterback; four-time All SEC Team Andrew Simoncelli - Nicholls State University associate professor; WWL-TV producer Larry Wilson - Nicholls State basketball player and NBA draft pick References External links School website School district website Public high schools in Louisiana Schools in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 1965 establishments in Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1965