Douglas County School District
| Douglas County School District | |
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| Address | |
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9030 Highway 5 Douglasville, Georgia 30134-1539 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°42′N 84°45′W / 33.7°N 84.75°WCoordinates: 33°42′N 84°45′W / 33.7°N 84.75°W |
| Information | |
| Superintendent | Dr. Gordon Pritz |
| Faculty | 1,074 |
| Grades | Pre-school - 12 |
| Enrollment | 18,790 |
| Accreditations |
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission |
| Telephone | (770) 651-2000 |
| Website | http://www.douglas.k12.ga.us/ |
Douglas County School District is a public school district in Douglas County, Georgia, US, based in Douglasville. It serves the communities of Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Villa Rica, and Winston, Georgia. The Douglas County School District is the seventeenth largest district in Georgia.
The school district's central administrative offices are in Douglas County, where graduates can access their records and transcripts, and where all major decisions about the schools are made.
The board of education consists of five members representing areas of the county. The members are elected at large and serve a term of four years. The board of education meets twice monthly, except during January and July, on the first and third Tuesdays.
As of 2010[update], the Douglas County School District has twenty one elementary schools, eight middle schools, and five high schools.
The school is located in a community named Fairplay. The principal is Mr. Duffey and the school has a total of 538 students in grades Pre-K through 5th. The new South Douglas building was built in 1992. This was the first school in Douglas County to start an after-school program and the first to use the Reading First Program.
The colors for the school are red and white and the mascot is the Bear Cub.
This was the first high school to open in Douglas County, built in the early 1880s. Most of the school was rebuilt due to a fire in the early 1990s, reopening in 1992. It has over 2000 students and offers over 40 clubs, extracurricular activities, and sports. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Program and a graphic arts program.
The school's teams are the Douglas County Tigers, which compete in the Georgia High School Association AAAA classification. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fast-pitch softball, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
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