However high school classes at Ray Brooks resumed in 2000. Linda Coleman, a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Mound Bayou, stated that the costs of transporting children to West Bolivar from Benoit were too high.
Classes for high school students at Ray Brooks restarted in 2000. According to Linda Coleman, a Democrat from Mound Bayou who represents Mississippi's House of Representatives, the costs of transporting pupils from Benoit to West Bolivar proved too expensive.