Perry County School District

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Perry County School District is a school district in Perry County, Alabama serving the community of Marion. It operates two schools: the Francis Marion school and Robert C. Hatch High School.

A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.

Perry County, Alabama County in the United States

Perry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,591. Its county seat is Marion. The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy.

Marion, Alabama City in Alabama, United States

Marion is a city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed after a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.

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Francis Marion School

At its current location, the Francis Marion School opened its doors in 1963 under the name of Francis Marion High School. Before that, it was known as Perry County High School. The school is named for Revolutionary War figure Francis Marion, who is better known as "The Swamp Fox." [1] The school incorporates Pre-K through Middle School classes.

American Revolutionary War War between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America

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Francis Marion American revolutionary war officer

Francis Marion was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Acting with the Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina and Charleston in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state in the Battle of Camden.

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  1. "Francis Marion School - About The School". Francis Marion School. Retrieved 2018-03-09.