- Montgomery County School District (Georgia)
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Montgomery County School District Address 305 S Richardson St
Mount Vernon, Georgia, 30445
United StatesCoordinates 32°11′31″N 82°33′24″W / 32.191884°N 82.556591°WCoordinates: 32°11′31″N 82°33′24″W / 32.191884°N 82.556591°W[1] Information Superintendent Lynn Batten Faculty 83[2] Grades Pre-school - 12 Enrollment 1,294[2] Accreditation(s) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting CommissionTelephone (912) 583-2301 Fax (912) 583-4822 Website http://www.montgomery.k12.ga.us/ The Montgomery County School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, based in Mount Vernon, Georgia. It serves the communities of Ailey, Alston, Higgston, Mount Vernon, Tarrytown, Uvalda, and Vidalia, Georgia.
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Schools
The Montgomery County School District has one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school.[3]
Elementary school
- Montgomery County Elementary School
Middle school
- Montgomery County Middle School
High school
- Montgomery County High School. Their mascot is the Eagles. Sports available include baseball, football, and basketball.
The school has received national attention in the New York Times for unofficially sponsoring separate, segregated, proms for white and black students.[4] Though many students are comfortable with the concept of an integrated prom, many parents have repeatedly blocked measures to sponsor such an event.[4]
References
- ^ "Free US Geocoder". http://geocoder.us. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ a b School Stats, Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "Schools in Montgomery County". Georgia Board of Education. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=703&T=0&FY=2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b Sara Corbett (May 21, 2009). "A Prom Divided". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24prom-t.html?_r=1&em., "When the actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for last year’s first-of-its-kind integrated prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, his home state, the idea was quickly embraced by students — and rejected by a group of white parents, who held a competing “private” prom."
External links
Categories:- School districts in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Education in Montgomery County, Georgia
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