However high school classes at Ray Brooks resumed in 2000. Linda Coleman, a Democrat 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 at Ray Brooks High School restarted in 2000 after a temporary pause. According to Linda Coleman, a Democratic representative from Mound Bayou, the costs of transporting students from Benoit to West Bolivar were prohibitively expensive.