Etowah City Elementary School District is a school district of Etowah, Tennessee. It operates a single K-8 school, Etowah Elementary School a.k.a. Etowah City School (ECS).
High school students move on to McMinn County Schools. [1] McMinn Central High School is the successor of the former Etowah High School. [2]
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A high school was built in 1922, but it later became a junior high school. [3]
Kenneth Green served as principal of the junior high school until 1961, when Andrew Harbison replaced him. [4] Max Ellis served as superintendent until 1962, when he resigned. [5]
In 1973 there were about 200 students in the middle school grades, 5-8. [3] That year the current K-8 school was constructed. [6] Originally the new school facility was supposed to open around Christmas of that year. A fire destroyed most of the gymnasium and all other portions of the former junior high school in September. [3] The school system planned to open the new school building before it had intended to. [7]
In 1999 it underwent a full scale renovation. [6]
Mike Frazier began his post as director of schools (superintendent) in 2012. The board renewed his role in 2019. [8]
The Tennessee Valley Authority, in 2022, gave the school district a $400,000 grant for its school School Uplift program, could have more cost-efficient power usage. [9]