Fayette County Public Schools is a

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based in Lexington,

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. The district serves all of Fayette County, which is coextensive with the city of Lexington.

Administration

Superintendent

* Demetrius Liggins (2021-)

Other administrators

* Lisa Deffendall, District Spokesperson * Tanya Dailey, Executive Assistant

Board of Education

The Fayette County Board of Education consists of members elected to four year terms from five districts, as well as the Superintendent. Districts 1, 3, and 5 hold elections in presidential election years, while Districts 2, and 4 hold elections in mid-term years. The board holds two meetings each month, both open to the public. The first meeting of the month is an agenda planning meeting, while official action is taken at the second meeting. The second meeting of each month is televised locally on cable channel 197 and streamed on the district's Web site.

School Board members

* Daryl Love * Raymond Daniels * Stephanie Spires * Melissa Bacon * Doug Barnett

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

* The Steam Academy *

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* Paul Laurence Dunbar High School * Frederick Douglass High School * Lafayette High School *

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Middle schools

* E.J. Hayes Middle School * Beaumont Middle School * Bryan Station Middle School * Jessie Clark Middle School * Leestown Middle School * Lexington Traditional Magnet School * Morton Middle School * Southern Middle School * Tates Creek Middle School * Winburn Middle School * Crawford Middle School

Combined middle/high schools

* Carter G. Woodson Academy — An all-boys college preparatory program for grades 6–12, aimed mainly at minority students. The program was formerly housed at Crawford Middle School, but is now at Frederick Douglass High School.

4-8 schools

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(SCAPA)

Primary schools

*Athens Elementary School *Breckinridge Elementary School *Arlington Elementary School *Ashland Elementary School *Cardinal Valley Elementary School *Cassidy Elementary School *Clays Mill Elementary School *Coventry Oak Elementary School *Deep Springs Elementary School *Dixie Elementary School *J.R. Ewan Elementary School *Garden Springs Elementary School *Garrett Morgan Elementary School *Glendover Elementary School *Harrison Elementary School *James Lane Allen Elementary School *Johnson Elementary School *Lansdowne Elementary School *Liberty Elementary School *Julius Marks Elementary School *Maxwell Elementary School *

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Elementary School *Millcreek Elementary School *Northern Elementary School *Rosa Parks Elementary School *Picadome Elementary School *Russell Cave Elementary School *Sandersville Elementary School *Southern Elementary School *Stonewall Elementary School *Tates Creek Elementary School *Mary Todd Elementary School *Veterans Park Elementary School *Booker T. Washington Elementary School *William Wells Brown Elementary School *Yates Elementary School *Squires Elementary School

Magnet programs

FCPS offers many magnet programs with varying entrance requirements.

Magnets without entrance criteria

* Dixie Elementary Individually Prescribed Education * Maxwell Spanish Immersion

Magnets with entrance criteria

* Ashland Elementary Accelerated Cluster *

Information Technology (IT) Academy * Liberal Arts Academy at

* Math, Science, and Technology Center at Paul Laurence Dunbar High *

Elementary Accelerated Cluster * Pre-Engineering at

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High * SCAPA Bluegrass (Located on the same campus as

High) * Winburn Middle Accelerated Cluster

Lottery magnets with entrance criteria

* Bryan Station Traditional Middle * Lexington Traditional Magnet School (LTMS)

References

External links

* {{Authority control School districts in Kentucky Education in Fayette County, Kentucky