Chattooga High School

Chattooga High School (CHS / Chattooga County High School) is a public high school in the city of Summerville, Georgia, United States. It is located in Chattooga County, in the northwest portion of the state, and enrolls 750 students. It is a part of Chattooga County School District.

Chattooga County High School
Address
989 Highway 114

Summerville, Georgia
,
(Chattooga County)
30747-1595

United States
Coordinates34.5586°N 85.1715°W / 34.5586; -85.1715[1]
Information
Motto“Expect Success”
School districtChattooga County School District
PrincipalRoger Wilkinson
Teaching staff45.50 FTE[2]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment746 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.43[2]
Color(s)  
Slogan"One Tribe"
MascotIndian
Team nameIndians
NewspaperIndian Lore [3]
Telephone(706) 857-2402
Fax(706) 857-2565
WebsiteChattooga High School

Beginning in the 2010–2011 school year the district began holding school on four days per week instead of five in all of its schools, including Chattooga High.[4] As a result, each school day is longer. The district saved $800,000 in its first year of four-day-per-week operations.[5] In 2019, the school district ended their four-day school week policy, due to the school district's low test scores.[6]

History

In 1964 Menlo, Lyerly, and Summerville High Schools combined into Chattooga High School. Summerville High School was built across from J.R. "Dick" Dowdy Park. The gym/field house, which was 120 yards from the main school, was built a few years after the main school house. The combined Chattooga High School building opened for the 1966–1967 school year. Shortly after implementing the four-day school week, the Chattooga Board of Education approved plans for the construction of a new Chattooga High School building. Construction began in 2013 with the site located adjacent to the original building. The original building was demolished following the graduation of the class of 2015. The new Chattooga High School building was completed the next summer, in time for the start of the 2015–2016 school year. In addition to the new school building, renovations were made to the Little Big Horn Stadium and construction is currently under way on a new softball field and football practice field.

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. "Chattooga High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. "CHS Priorities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  4. Pant, Shontee. "Four-day week for Georgia public school district: Does it work?" (Archive). The Christian Science Monitor at Yahoo! News. July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  5. "Students go to school just 4 days a week in local county" (Archive). WSB-TV. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Retrieved on August 1, 2015.
  6. Tyler Jett (January 20, 2019). "Facing boos, new Chattooga school board eliminates 4-day weeks". Times Free Press. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
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