Morant Bay High School in Morant Bay, St Thomas, Jamaica was founded in 1961. At the time of its opening, St Thomas was the last Jamaican parish without a high school. The original site was situated on seven or eight acres of land bought from the Methodist Church. An old manse on the site was the first school building with sixty one students attending on the first day of opening in January 1961. Headteachers William Hayden Middleton 1961 - 1966 Stanlie Parkins 1966 - 1988 Howard Jackson 1988 - 1990 Lebert Jones Grace Spence Valrie Marshall-Lodge 1991 - 2009 Mohan Kumar (acting) 2010 - 2014 Dr. Dalton Shaw 2014 - 2020 Lorveen Bell-Coates (acting) 2015 Alice Kumar (acting) 2015 - 2017 Marsha Ford-Bryan (acting) 2021 - present References Educational institutions established in 1961 Buildings and structures in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Schools in Jamaica 1961 establishments in Jamaica