Rogersville City Schools

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Rogersville City School
Location
United States
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TypePublic
Established1923
School districtRogersville City Schools
GradesK-8
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s) Red, White, and Black    
AthleticsInterscholastic, Tennessee Middle School Athletics Association
MascotWarriors
Feeder to Cherokee High School [ citation needed ]
Website http://www.rcschool.net/

Rogersville City School or Rogersville City Schools is a school district headquartered in Rogersville, Tennessee. It operates one K-8 school, Rogersville Elementary School. [1] The district's boundary parallels that of the municipality of Rogersville, and high school students move on to Hawkins County School District. [2]

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History

The school counts 1923 as the year of its establishment. [3] The school building was established on the site of the former King College for $125,000. A 1928 fire destroyed that building, so a $65,178 building opened in 1929. The school district described it as "almost an exact duplicate of the 1923 school." [4]

Grades K-12 were in one facility until 1950, when a new Rogersville High School opened. [4] The Rogersville Review stated in 1950 that, prior to the split, the school building was "overcrowded". [5]

In 1955 a 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) addition, called the West Wing, opened, built for $122,380. Another such addition, 20,656 square feet (1,919.0 m2) in size, called the East Wing, opened in 1970, built for $366,542. [4]

Rebecca Isaacs became superintendent in 2011, and by 2019 planned to resign in 2020; the board of trustees used Wayne Qualls as a consultant to look for another superintendent. [6]

J.T. Stroder became the director circa 2020, then resigned in 2021 citing reasons not related to the job. [7]

In 2024 the board of trustees asked Edwin Jarnigan to become the superintendent. [8]

Academic performance

In 2019 Jeff Bobo of the Times News wrote that, including the 2017–2018 school year, Rogersville School had a "long history of high academic performance". [9]

Transportation

Prior to 1980, students attending the school who did not live in the city limits of Rogersville were permitted to take county school district-run buses. Beginning in 1980 the county school district nixed the practice. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rogersville schools for this district". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  2. ↑ "2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Hawkins County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-06-24. - Text list
  3. ↑ Worley, Tessa (2023-11-24). "Rogersville City School to host 100-year celebration". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  4. 1 2 3 "History". Rogersville City Schools. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Schools Will Begin Sept. 1". Rogersville Review . Vol. 64, no. 3. Rogersville, Arkansas. 1950-08-17. p.  1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Bobo, Jeff (2019-08-09). "Qualls hired to help Rogersville City School find its next superintendent". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  7. ↑ Bobo, Jeff (2021-07-14). "Rogersville City School director resigning after 15 months on the job". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  8. ↑ Goley, Allison F. (2021-07-19). "Rogersville City Schools board to offer Edwin Jarnigan superintendent position". The Rogersville Review . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  9. ↑ Bobo, Jeff (2019-01-10). "By the numbers: How did RCS earn its 2017-18 Reward School status?". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  10. ↑ "Hawkins school bus plan implemented". Kingsport Times . Kingsport, Tennessee. 1980-08-22. p.  1C – via Newspapers.com.


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