Chattooga County School District

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Chattooga County School District
Address
33 Middle School Road
, Georgia , 30747-0747
United States
District information
GradesPre-school - 12
SuperintendentJimmy Lenderman
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
NCES District ID 1301080 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment2,834 [2]
Faculty184 [2]
Other information
Telephone(706) 857-3447
Fax(706) 857-3440
Website www.chattooga.k12.ga.us

The Chattooga County School District is a public school district in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States, based in Summerville. It serves the communities of Lyerly, Menlo, Summerville, and Trion.

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Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year the district began holding school for four days per week instead of five. [3] As a result, each school day is longer. The district saved $800,000 in its first year of four-day-per-week operations. [4] In 2019, the school district ended their four-day school week policy, due to the school district's low test scores. [5]

Schools

The Chattooga County School District has four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. [6]

Elementary schools

Middle school

High school

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References

  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Chattooga County". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. 1 2 School Stats, Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  3. Pant, Shontee. "Four-day week for Georgia public school district: Does it work?" (Archive). The Christian Science Monitor at Yahoo! News. July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  4. "Students go to school just 4 days a week in local county" (Archive). WSB-TV . Thursday, July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  5. Tyler Jett (January 20, 2019). "Facing boos, new Chattooga school board eliminates 4-day weeks". Times Free Press. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  6. "Schools in Chattooga County". Georgia Board of Education. Retrieved October 1, 2010.[ permanent dead link ]