Hamilton County Schools (or Hamilton County Department of Education) is the school district that serves Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. After a 1995 referendum, the then-separate Chattanooga City Schools district was merged into the county district in 1997.[3] About 2,300 high school seniors graduated from the system in May 2011.[4]
In 1994, Chattanooga residents voted to consolidate with Hamilton County Schools. The merger was opposed by the city school board and the NAACP unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit to block it. The county school board decided to seek help developing the new school system from the Public Education Foundation.[5]
District leadership and schools
The Department of Education serves about 45,000 students in Hamilton County with 2,914 teachers at 79 schools. The schools are divided into five learning communities. Hamilton County's superintendent is Dr. Justin Robertson and the district's deputy superintendent is Dr. Sonia Stewart.[6]
Board of Education Members
School board members of Hamilton County Schools include: Steve Slater, District 1; Ben Daugherty, District 2; Joe Smith, District 3; Jackie Thomas, District 4; Karitsa Jones, District 5; Ben Connor, District 6; Jodi Schaffer, District 7; Larry Grohn, District 8; Gary Kuehn, District 9; Felice Hadden, District 10; Jill Black, District 11.[7]
High schools
The Secondary Education Division provides 17 high schools to serve students in grades 9–12.
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