The Coweta County School District is the primary education system in
Coweta County,
Georgia, United States. Its headquarters are an antebellum building on Jackson Street (
US 29) at Sprayberry Road in
Newnan, Georgia. Coweta County is the 9th-fastest-growing county in Georgia and the 26th-fastest-growing in the country. The school system has grown from 9,210 students in 1984 to over 22,000 students in 2007.
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Overview
The school system operates eighteen elementary schools, six middle schools and three high schools, serving an area of with approximately 22,000 students and 1,200 teachers.[Local School Directory - Coweta County School District](_blank)
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Elementary schools
* Arbor Springs Elementary
* Arnco-Sargent Elementary
* Atkinson Elementary
* Brooks Elementary
* Canongate Elementary
* Eastside Elementary
* Elm Street Elementary
* Grantville Elementary
* Jefferson Parkway Elementary
* Moreland Elementary
* Newnan Crossing Elementary
* Northside Elementary
* Poplar Road Elementary
* Ruth Hill Elementary
* Thomas Crossroads Elementary
* Western Elementary
* Welch Elementary
* White Oak Elementary
* Willis Road Elementary
Middle schools
* Arnall Middle School
* Blake Bass Middle School
* East Coweta Middle School
* Evans Middle School
* Lee Middle School
* Madras Middle School
* Maggie Brown Middle School
* Smokey Road Middle School
* Central Education Center (CEC) - 8th Grade Academy
High schools
* Newnan High School
* East Coweta High School
* Northgate High School
* Central Education Center (CEC)
* Winston Dowdell Academy
Controversies
Board member's participation in Capitol insurrection
Roughly a week after the January 6th insurrection
On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-United States President, U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol, U ...
at the U.S. Capitol, it was revealed Coweta school board member Linda Menk had attended the rally in Washington, D.C. Menk, after facing backlash from the community, refused to resign from her position, and urged her fellow board members that October to leave the Georgia School Boards Association after its parent organization, the National School Boards Association, sent a letter to the Biden presidential administration urging an investigation into the "growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation."
See also
* List of school districts in Georgia
*The Heritage School, Newnan
The Heritage School is a co-educational private school in Newnan, Georgia, United States. Established in 1970, from its founding, the Heritage School maintained an open admissions policy, although initially no black students applied nor were enrol ...
* Trinity Christian School (Sharpsburg, Georgia)
References
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External links
Coweta County School System
School districts in Georgia (U.S. state)
Education in Coweta County, Georgia