Echols County School District
Appearance
Echols County School District | |
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Address | |
216 U.S. 129
, Georgia, 31648-2200United States | |
Coordinates | 31°22′46″N 84°58′12″W / 31.379434°N 84.969978°W[1] |
District information | |
Grades | Pre-school - 12 |
Superintendent | Shannon C. King |
Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 868[2] |
Faculty | 48[2] |
Other information | |
Telephone | (229) 559-5734 |
Website | www |
The Echols County School District is a public school district in Echols County, Georgia, United States, based in Statenville. It serves the communities of Fruitland and Statenville.
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District headquarters
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School building
Schools
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Echols_County_Elementary_Middle_School_building.jpg/220px-Echols_County_Elementary_Middle_School_building.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Echols_County_High_School_building.jpg/220px-Echols_County_High_School_building.jpg)
The Echols County School District has one elementary-middle-high school, all in one building.[3]
Elementary-middle-high school
[edit]- Echols County Elementary/Middle School[4]
- Echols County High School
Litigation
[edit]In 2020, the school district settled a racial discrimination case brought by a teacher who had been the only Black teacher in the district until she was fired in 2018 over alleged financial improprieties.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ^ a b School Stats, Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ "Schools in Echols County". Georgia Board of Education. Retrieved October 1, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ Land, Greg (December 14, 2020). "Fired Southeast Georgia Teacher Settles Race Discrimination Case for $137K". Daily Report. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Richards, Terry (July 20, 2020). "Echols school system faces racial discrimination lawsuit". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved December 16, 2020.