Douglas County School District

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Douglas County School District
Address
11490 Veterans Memorial Highway
, Georgia , 30134-1539
United States
District information
GradesPre-school - 12
SuperintendentTrent North
Accreditation(s) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
AdvancED
NCES District ID1301860 [1]
Students and staff
Students25,884 (2020-2021) [1]
Teachers1690.70 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio15.31 [1]
Other information
Telephone(770) 651-2000
Website dcssga.org

Douglas County School District is a public school district in Douglas County, Georgia, U.S., based in Douglasville. It serves the communities of Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Villa Rica, and Winston, Georgia. The Douglas County School District is the seventeenth largest district in Georgia.

Contents

The school district's central administrative offices are in Douglas County, where graduates can access their records and transcripts, and where all major decisions about the schools are made.

District Leadership

Superintendent: Trent North

Chief Academic Officer: Pam Nail

Athletics: James Strong

Financial Services: Greg Denney

Community Relations: Karen Stroud & Portia Lake

Asst. Superintendent of Personnel & Policy: Dr. Michelle Ruble

Asst. Superintendent of District Operations: Kwame Carr

Human Resources: Jill De Priest

Procurement: Becky Eigel

Nutrition Services: Danielle Scott-Freeman

Student Services: Mike Coxs

Technology: Todd Hindmon

Transportation: E.W Tolbert

Board of education

The board of education consists of five members representing areas of the county. The members are elected at large and serve a term of four years. The board of education meets twice monthly, except during January and July, on the first and third Tuesdays. Current members include:

Members

Tracy Rookard-Chair/District 3

Michelle Simmons-Vice Chair/District 4

Devetrion Caldwell-District 1

D.T. Jackson-District 2

Jeff Morris- District 5

Schools

As of 2019, the Douglas County School District has twenty elementary schools, eight middle schools, and five high schools. [2]

Elementary schools

Middle schools

High schools

Other

Specific schools

South Douglas Elementary School

The school is located in a community named Fairplay. [3] The principal is Mr. Duffey and the school has a total of 538 students in grades Pre-K through 5th. The new South Douglas building was built in 1992. This was the first school in Douglas County to start an after-school program and the first to use the Reading First Program.

The mascot is the Bear Cub. [4]

Chapel Hill Middle School

Chapel Hill Middle School is located on Chapel Hill Rd. The school has been named as one of the top middle schools in Georgia. The school colors are purple and gold. The mascot is a piano The school has been named a "Lighthouse School to Watch". Chapel Hill has advanced/gifted classes.

Administrators

Principal: Catherine Westbrook

Assistant Principal: Terrance Boynton

Assistant Principal: Michael Hopping

Assistant Principal: Christy Gragg

Douglas County High School

This was the first high school to open in Douglas County, built in the early 1880s. Most of the school was rebuilt due to a fire in the early 1990s, reopening in 1992. It has over 2000 students and offers over 40 clubs, extracurricular activities, and sports. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Program and a graphic arts program.[ citation needed ]

The school's teams are the Douglas County Tigers, which compete in the Georgia High School Association AAAAAA classification. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fast-pitch softball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

The school's colors are navy blue and gold.

Administration: Andre Weaver, Principal Tosha Wright, Assistant Principal Grant Fossum, Assistant Principal

Current Mascot: Tiger

Alexander High School

Built to relieve overpopulation between Douglas County High School and Lithia Springs High School, Alexander High School opened for the 1986–1987 school year. The school's namesake, Robert S. Alexander, was an employee of the Douglas County School System.

Alexander High School teams are known as the Alexander Cougars and compete in the Georgia High School Association AAAA classification. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fast-pitch softball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

The school's colors are red and black.[ citation needed ]

Lithia Springs High School

Lithia Springs High School is a public high school located on East County Line Road, in Lithia Springs. It is also known as Lithia Springs Comprehensive High School. It was the second high school to open in the Douglas County School District. Until December 2, 1975, the county had only one high school, Douglas County High School, which had opened in the late 1880s. By 1974 the secondary school population had grown to over 3,000 students, far too many for the existing buildings of DCHS to accommodate in a regular school day. Beginning in August 1974, the county had to resort to double sessions. This meant that those students designated to attend Lithia Springs HS would attend the afternoon session, starting at about 11:00 and going until about 5:30. Construction and weather problems delayed the grand opening of LSHS until December, 1975.[ citation needed ]

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