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Boca Ciega, by then only grades 10–12, had been an all-white school until 1967 when one black student was enrolled that year. Then in 1968, 85 black students were transferred from then-overcrowded Lakewood High.
Throughout the 1950’s and into the mid 1960’s there was an intense rivalry between Boca Ciega and St. Petersburg High Schools in both academics and athletics. Each school vied to outdo the other in maintaining their status as the number one high school in the city.
In 1971, Bogie opened a new library and crowned its first black homecoming queen. The first black king was chosen in 1984; African-American History appeared on the curriculum eight years later.
By 1957, four years after Boca Ciega opened, new homes began to populate the areas around Park Street, the Azalea neighborhood, and Tyrone Gardens, the first suburban shopping center in St. Petersburg constructed in the postwar era.
Apr 8, 2024 · As one of three predominantly Black high schools in the south end of the Pinellas County School District, Boca Ciega High School has faced some challenges – real and perceived. One thing became readily apparent when I arrived, began the tour, observed the teaching and learning, and heard unsolicited testimonials by Black and white scholars ...
BCHS 1950-1960. The Class of 1957 was the first graduating class to attend all four years of high school at Boca Ciega. The class consisted of 255 graduates, and on April 5th and 6th of 2022, 33 members of the class and their guests celebrated their 65th high school reunion.
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Jul 21, 2021 · In the fall of 1961, another Black student enrolled at the Tomlinson Adult Education Center near Mirror Lake. The school board had denied more than 900 other applications by Black parents to switch schools in 1961. Only three Black students integrated schools in September 1962.
