Jackson County Comprehensive High School

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Jackson County High School
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Jackson County High School in 2017
Address
Jackson County Comprehensive High School
152 Jaxco Junction

Hoschton
,
Georgia

United States
Coordinates 34°06′48″N83°41′22″W / 34.113456°N 83.6895649°W / 34.113456; -83.6895649
Information
Type Public school
School district Jackson County School District
PrincipalMelissa Gillespie
Faculty94.10 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,833 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.48 [1]
Campus Rural
Color(s)Black, red, and white
   
MascotPanthers
Website jchs.jacksonschoolsga.org

Jackson County High School (JCHS) is located in Hoschton, Georgia, United States. It was formerly named Jackson County Comprehensive High School until 2021. [2] It is one of two high schools in the Jackson County School District. It is fed by West Jackson Middle School and the neighboring Legacy Knoll Middle School. [3] [4]

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The school competes in region 8-AAAAAA. JCCHS is known for its academics, band, Army JROTC, FFA, softball, wrestling, tennis, basketball, and football programs.[ according to whom? ]

New school building

On January 31, 2019, Jackson County School District built a new high school building to replace the old building of Jackson County Comprehensive High School, which opened in the 2021-2022 school year. [5] The former JCCHS campus was converted into the Empower College and Career Center, a charter high school that will serve students from the Jackson County School District and the Commerce City School District. [6]

In the news

On February 14, 2007, at about 8:30 am, freshman Andrew Criswell entered the front office with a homemade bomb. [7] [8] [9] He held two people hostage in the front office, until one of them tricked him into looking the other way as they left through the back. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, local police authorities, state police authorities, a SWAT team, and bomb squads came to JCCHS. After two hours of negotiations, Crisswell surrendered. The other 1,800 students and 250 faculty and staff evacuated to the Jefferson Civic Center. It was said that Crisswell was trying to make money for a relative's surgery. [10]

On March 29, 2017, an unidentified female teenager called the police to report that a gunman was in the building. This was a hoax and caused the school to be evacuated. The teenager was later identified by police, but not to the public, and was found to be attending East Jackson Comprehensive High School. [11]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Jackson County High School Opens New Facility -".
  3. ↑ "Jackson County School System Registration Information". www.jacksonschoolsga.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "JCSS Closes Out Payments for LKMS". February 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Groundbreaking this week for new high school in Jackson County". accessWDUN. January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ "EMPOWER College and Career Center: Coming Soon". jacksonalliance.com. March 30, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Georgia Student Surrenders After Bomb Threat Evacuates High School". foxnews.com. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jackson County teen indicted in bomb scare". savannahnow.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Jackson County student gets 3 years for bomb plot". gainesvilletimes.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Teen gets three years for school bomb threat | Online Athens". onlineathens.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ Thomas, Tony (March 30, 2017). "JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Situation contained after reports of possible gunman, GBI says". WSBTV. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ "B. Bowles JCCHS Alumni". June 23, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Brian Bowles UFC Profile". September 14, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.


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