Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) is a school district

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 based in Chatham County

Chatham County, Georgia

Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. In the official US Census of 2010, Chatham County had a total population of 265,128 . Chatham is the most populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area...

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. SCCPSS is run by an elected Board of Public Education and operates most public schools in the Chatham County including those in the city of Savannah. The current superintendent is Dr. Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr.

The system has an enrollment of over 34,500 students and operates more than 55 facilities including 31 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 7 high schools, and satellite facilities including the Massie Heritage Interpretation Center (a preserved historic school) and the Oatland Island Education Center (an environmental education complex). The school system supports two alternative schools for middle and/or high school students and an adult learning center.

Board of Public Education

style="font-size: 1.25em;" |Current School Board members

President	Dr. Joe Buck
District 1	Susu Cox
District 2	Floyd Adams, Jr.
District 3	Alexander Luten
District 4	Gregory V. Sapp
District 5	Irene Gadson Hines
District 6	Lori L. Brady
District 7	Julie Gerbsch
District 8	Ruby Jones

The Board of Public Education is the elected policy-making branch of the school district's administration. Eight board members, each representing a geographic district that coincides with those of the Chatham County Commission, are elected to a four-year term. The board president is elected county-wide for a four year term.

Superintendent

The superintendent of schools is appointed by the Board of Public Education and is charged with implementing the board's policies and the overall administration of the school system. Dr. Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr. became superintendent in July 2005.

Elementary schools

• Bartow Elementary School
• Bloomingdale Elementary School
• Butler Elementary School
• Coastal Empire Elementary School
• East Broad Elementary School
• Ellis Elementary School
• Gadsden Elementary School
• Garden City Elementary School
• Garrison Elementary School
• Georgetown Elementary School
• Gould Elementary School
• Haven Elementary School
• Heard Elementary School
• Hesse Elementary School
• Hodge Elementary School
• Howard Elementary School
• Isle of Hope Elementary School
• Juliette Low Elementary School
• Largo-Tibet Elementary School
• Marshpoint Elementary School
• Pooler Elementary School
• Port Wentworth Elementary School
• Pulaski Elementary School
• J.G. Smith Elementary School
• Shuman Elementary School
• Southwest Elementary School
• Thunderbolt Elementary School
• West Chatham Elementary School
• White Bluff Elementary School
• Windsor Forest Elementary School

Middle schools

• Bartlett Middle School
• Coastal Middle School
• DeRenne Middle School
• Hubert Middle School
• Mercer Middle School
• Myers Middle School
• Southwest Middle School
• West Chatham Middle School

High schools

• Alfred E. Beach High School
  Alfred E. Beach High School
  Alfred Ely Beach High School is one of the oldest public high schools located in Savannah, Georgia, USA.-History:In 1867, the Beach Institute was established by the Freedmen's Bureau with funds donated by Alfred Ely Beach, editor of Scientific American...
  
  
• Robert W. Groves High School
  Groves High School (Georgia)
  Robert W. Groves High School is a public secondary school located in Garden City, Georgia, United States, serving students in grades 9–12...
  
  
• Islands High School
• Herschel V. Jenkins High School
  Jenkins High School
  Herschel V. Jenkins High School is a public high school located in Savannah, Georgia. A part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission....
  
  
• Sol C. Johnson High School
  Sol C. Johnson High School
  Sol C. Johnson High School is a public high school located in Savannah, Georgia, USA. A unit of the Savannah-Chatham County School System, it has been ranked number 819 among Newsweek magazine's top 1,500 U.S. secondary schools based on advanced placement and International Baccalaureate test scores....
  
  
• Savannah Arts Academy
  Savannah Arts Academy
  Savannah Arts Academy is the first dedicated performing and visual arts school in Savannah, Georgia. It is part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. Savannah Arts Academy was granted charter school status and the former Savannah High School building in July 1998, and opened in August of...
  
  
• Savannah High School
  Savannah High School (Georgia)
  Savannah High School is located in Savannah, Georgia, USA.-History:Savannah High School building, was originally located on Washington Avenue between East and West Atlantic Avenues. The original building, built by the WPA and designed by William Bordley Clarke, Sr., was once the largest public...
  
  
• Windsor Forest High School
  Windsor Forest High School
  Windsor Forest High School is a public high school in the Windsor Forest section of Savannah, Georgia. Managed by the Savannah-Chatham County School Board of Education, its attendance area includes the southside Savannah neighborhoods of Windsor Forest, White Bluff, Wilshire, and...
  
  

External links

• www.sccpss.com -- Official web site