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The Fulton County School System is a school district headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States.[4] The system serves the area of Fulton County outside the Atlanta city limits (which are served by Atlanta Public Schools). Fulton County Schools serve the cities of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park, Roswell, and Sandy Springs north of Atlanta, and Chattahoochee Hills, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto, Union City, South Fulton, and Fulton's remaining unincorporated areas in the south. Fulton County is the fourth-largest school system in Georgia.
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| Fulton County School System | |
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| Address | |
6201 Powers Ferry Rd NW
Atlanta , Georgia, 30339United States | |
| Coordinates | 33.680131°N 84.364448°W[1] |
| District information | |
| Motto | Where Students Come First |
| Grades | Pre-kindergarten – 12 |
| Superintendent | Mike Looney[2] |
| Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission |
| Budget | 1.425 Billion[3] |
| NCES District ID | 1302280[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 89,935 (2022–23)[3] |
| Faculty | 6,050.10 (FTE)[3] |
| Staff | 6,374.20 (FTE)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 14.87[3] |
| Other information | |
| Telephone | (470) 254-3600 |
| Website | fultonschools.org |
The Fulton County school district is the only non-contiguous school district in the state, having a 17-mile (27 km) separation (Atlanta Public Schools) between the north and south.
As of the 2012–2013 school year, Fulton has 11,500 full-time employees, including 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel, who work in 99 schools and 15 administrative and support buildings. Approximately 94,000 students attend classes in 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 19 high schools, and seven charter schools.
Fulton County Schools is overseen by a seven-member board, all of whom are elected by geographic electoral district to four-year terms. Members of the Fulton County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Elections are held in even-numbered years. As of 2022, the school members include: District 1 - Katha Stuart, District 2 - Lillie Pozatek, District 3 - Katie Gregory, District 4 - Franchesca Warren, District 5 - Kristin McCabe, District 6 - Kimberly Dove, District 7 - Michelle Morancie.[5]
The district's territory spans about 90 miles (140 km).[4]
The district headquarters is in Sandy Springs.[6][7] The district has another Sandy Springs office and one in Union City.[4]
Previously the school district was headquartered in Atlanta.[8] The district moved its headquarters in the period September 2014 through June 2015, citing how the majority of students live in the northern portions of the counties. The district maintains the Union City office for people living in the southern portion. Wayne Washington of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote in 2013 that "There have long been complaints from some parents that the southern part of the [...] district has been neglected in favor of the faster-growing, more affluent northern part."[4]
Hilliard Elementary, named after former East Point resident Asa Grant Hilliard III, opened in 2016 on the site of the former Mount Olive Elementary School, which opened in 1960. Mount Olive was replaced by Hilliard, with the former building razed in 2014.[10] Mount Olive had a temporary site in 2014–2015 in East Point, with the new building and new name in effect in August 2015.[11]
Oak Knoll Elementary School closed. Since 2015 it houses RISE Grammar School/RISE Prep School (which together serve K-8), which purchased the facility for $1.73 million in May 2018.[12]
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