Ninety percent of students were economically disadvantaged and the school's tests scores were well below state and district averages.

[2][3] Velma L. Blackwell was its first African American teacher in 1967.

It is named for teacher, coach, and principal Ben Glover.

[7] In 1977, a group of students were arrested after a school bus driver discovered that some students on board were in possession of alcohol.

[8] In 1997, the Associated Press reported that an 18-year-old student was shot in the legs by a jealous student in an attempt to end his basketball career.