The Cherokee County School District manages the 40 schools in
Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
* Cherokee County, Alabama
* Cherokee County, Georgia
* Cherokee County, Iowa
* Cherokee County, Kansas
* Cherokee County, North Carolina
* Cherokee County, Oklahoma
* Cherokee Co ...
,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, United States. The school district's leadership consists of an elected seven-member school board.
The board's chairperson is elected by the county at large and does not represent a single post.
The school board appoints a school superintendent; Dr. Brian V. Hightower has held this position since 2016.
Under Georgia state law, individual board members are not permitted to act individually in any capacity but rather as an entire board based on majority rule. The superintendent is responsible for all employees in the district.
History
From February 1999,
to February 1, 2016
Frank Petruzielo Frank Petruzielo is a former school superintendent.
Petruzielo previously worked for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. He became the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) in 1991. Former HISD board member Don McAdams ...
was the superintendent of the district; he retired in the latter year. Brian V. Hightower became superintendent in 2016.
Schools
Elementary schools
*Arnold Mill Elementary School
*Avery Elementary School
*Ball Ground Elementary School
*Bascomb Elementary School
*Boston Elementary School
*Carmel Elementary School
*Clark Creek Elementary School
*Clayton Elementary School
*Free Home Elementary School
*Hasty Elementary School
*Hickory Flat Elementary School
*Holly Spring Elementary School
*Indian Knoll Elementary School
*Johnston Elementary School
*Knox Elementary School
*Liberty Elementary School
*Little River Elementary School
*Macedonia Elementary School
*Mountain Road Elementary School
*Oak Grove Elementary School
*R.M. Moore Elementary School
*Sixes Elementary School
*Woodstock Elementary School
Middle schools
*Creekland Middle School
*Dean Rusk Middle School
*E.T. Booth Middle School
*Freedom Middle School
*Marie Archer Teasley Middle School
*Mill Creek Middle School
*Woodstock Middle School
High schools
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Cherokee High School
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Creekview High School
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Etowah High School
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River Ridge High School
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Sequoyah High School
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Woodstock High School
Other schools
*ACE Academy
*L.R. Tippens Education Center
References
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School districts in Georgia (U.S. state)
Education in Cherokee County, Georgia