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GCSS earns Award of Distinction for Excellent Financial Reporting from the Georgia Department of Audits for 7th consecutive year
The Greene County School System Finance Department has achieved the Award of Distinction for Excellent Financial Reporting for the seventh consecutive year from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.
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GCSS launches 2024-25 Attendance Campaign with national theme: "Be Present, Be Powerful"
The Greene County School System (GCSS) announces the kickoff of its 2024-25 attendance campaign, embracing the national theme from Attendance Works: "Be Present, Be Powerful." September is Attendance Awareness Month, and this year's campaign is a continuation of the district's ongoing efforts to combat chronic absenteeism, a challenge that has affected schools nationwide.
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Greene College & Career Academy enters 7th year as a model for student success and community impact
The Greene College & Career Academy (GCCA) at Greene County High School is celebrating its seventh year of operation as the cornerstone of career-focused education in the region. One of just 41 active college and career academies in Georgia, the GCCA continues to achieve remarkable milestones, with one of its most recent accomplishments being a perfect score on its five-year accreditation review by the Technical College System of Georgia.
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Parent Survey for GCSS Accreditation
Cognia will be conducting the accreditation review for the Greene County School System in Spring 2025. The comprehensive evaluation includes feedback from GCSS parents. We kindly ask all parents to take a few minutes to complete the Parent Survey.
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Superintendent Houston Invited to Join Gov. Kemp's Superintendent Advisory Council
The Greene County School System is proud to announce that Dr. Chris Houston, Superintendent of Schools, attended his first meeting as a member of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s Superintendent Roundtable. The group met in Atlanta at the Governor’s Mansion in July. Dr. Houston is one of only 10 superintendents statewide selected for this panel.
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GCSS welcomes Dr. Kimberley Simmons as Director of Special Education
The Greene County School System is pleased to welcome Dr. Kimberley Simmons to the district leadership team as the Director of Special Education. In this role, Dr. Simmons is primarily responsible for overseeing the district’s Special Education program and collaborating with teachers, support staff, and administrators to foster a supportive and engaging learning environment for students with disabilities.
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GCSS CFO Dean Ware announces retirement, Assistant CFO Connie Wilkes named new CFO
The Greene County School System’s longtime Chief Financial Officer Dean Ware has retired after 17 years with the district. Previous Assistant CFO Connie Wilkes has been named the new interim GCSS CFO.
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GCCA CEO John Ellenberg named Principal of GCHS
Greene College & Career Academy CEO John Ellenberg has been appointed as the new interim Principal of Greene County High School. In this dual role, he will continue to lead GCCA while overseeing GCHS, a combined leadership model that has been successful in several neighboring rural school districts with high school college and career academies.
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Dr. Russell Brock named Assistant Superintendent of GCSS
Dr. Russell Brock has been named one of the Assistant Superintendents of the Greene County School System. Dr. Brock, who will continue his current responsibilities which include managing human resources and the district’s school safety program, will share assistant superintendent responsibilities with current Assistant Superintendent Dr. Rotonya Rhodes.
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GCSS recognized by state department of education for behavior program implementation
The Greene County School System has been recognized by the Georgia Department of Education for its implementation of the state-wide behavior initiative Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Greene County High School and Anita White Carson Middle School are recognized as Operational PBIS Schools, which indicates schools implementing PBIS with a high degree of fidelity, and Greene County Primary School is recognized as an Emerging PBIS School, which indicates schools that have developed most of the critical elements of PBIS.
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GCSS attendance campaign sees success in early stages, with improvement at all levels
The Greene County School System has successfully begun an attendance campaign this year to address a chronic absenteeism challenge that has affected schools locally and across the nation since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Comparing Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, Greene County Schools saw the percentage of chronically absent students decrease at every school, by 6% at Greene County Primary School, 11% at Carson Middle School, and 4% at Greene County High School.
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GCHS named a 2024 AP Honor School
Greene County High School (GCHS) has been named a 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor School by the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE).
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GCPS to hold practice school evacuation and family reunification drill on March 29th
n Friday, March 29th, Greene County Primary School will participate in a practice school evacuation and family reunification drill. There is no emergency situation involved. This drill allows the school to practice evacuation and reunification procedures involving students, families, and school district employees, and provides the Greene County School System and emergency responders with an opportunity to evaluate our emergency operations plan and improve our response skills.
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Greene County Board of Education achieves GSBA Exemplary School Board status for 3rd year
For a third consecutive year, the Greene County Board of Education has received the Georgia School Boards Association’s (GSBA’s) Exemplary School Board recognition, the highest award level in GSBA’S 3-tier Board Recognition Program.
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A Joint Statement from the Greene County Board of Education and Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors regarding the LOA charter renewal
The Greene County Board of Education and the Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors have fully approved and submitted to the Georgia Department of Education a 5-year charter renewal for Lake Oconee Academy. The new charter, which will begin in July 2024, is expected to be approved by the Georgia State Board of Education in early spring.
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Child Find Screening Days
The Greene County School System will hold Child Find Screening Days throughout the 2024-2025 school year on Sept 25th, Nov. 20th, Feb. 26th, and May 14th. The screenings will take place at the Greene County School System district office at 101 E. Third St. Greensboro, GA 30642. What is Child Find? Child Find is a process that Georgia schools use to identify, locate, and evaluate all children in the district, birth through 21, who are suspected of having disabilities, including those who are homeless, are wards of the State or are attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need for special education and related services. Georgia requires that districts have policies and procedures in place to ensure the identification, location, and evaluation of these children. Click on the link above for more information.
