Richmond County school calendar

Web posted August 7, 2000

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2000-2001 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Pre-planning - Aug. 14-17

Registration - Aug. 15

First day of school - Aug. 18

Labor Day holiday - Sept. 4

Early release for elementary schools - Oct. 10-11

Report cards distributed - Oct. 9

Staff development day - Oct. 20

Veterans Day holiday - Nov. 10

Report cards distributed - Nov. 20

Thanksgiving holidays - Nov. 22-24

Semester exams - Dec. 15, 18, 19

Christmas holidays - Dec. 20-Jan.2

Martin Luther King Jr. holiday - Jan. 15

Staff development days - Jan. 16-17

Second semester begins - Jan. 18

Report cards distributed - Jan. 23

Staff development day - Feb. 23

Report cards distributed - March 12

Early release for elementary schools - March 27-28

Good Friday holiday - April 13

Spring break - April 2-6

Report cards distributed - April 30

Semester exams - May 30-June 1

Last day of school - June 1

Report cards distributed - June 5

Post-planning - June 4-5

Graduation ceremonies, unless otherwise noted, take place in the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.

JUNE 4: Butler High, 3:30 p.m.; Glenn Hills, 5:30 p.m.; Academy of Richmond County, 8 p.m.

JUNE 5:Hephzibah High, 3:30 p.m.; Lucy Laney 5:30 p.m.; Westside High 8 p.m.

JUNE 6: Davidson 3:30 p.m. in Bell auditorium; A.R. Johnson 5:30 p.m. in Bell Auditorium; Cross Creek 8 p.m. in Civic Center.

JUNE 7: T.W. Josey, 3:30 p.m.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Central office - 737-7200

Transportation - 796-4777

Nutrition - 737-7174

Guidance and testing - 731-8770

Services for exceptional children - 731-8787

HIGH SCHOOLS

Here are the county high schools, principals, phone numbers and hours:

Academy of Richmond County, David D. Smith, 737-7152, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

George P. Butler, Christopher Henry, 796-4959, 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Cross Creek, Lynn Warr, 772-8140, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet, James Thompson, 823-6924, 8 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.

Glenn Hills, Calvin Holland, 796-4924, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Hephzibah High, Susan Rogers, 592-2089, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering, Vivian Pennamon,

823-6933, 8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.

T.W. Josey, Horace Lamback, 737-7360, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Lucy C. Laney, Quentin Motley, 823-6900, 7:45 a.m to 2:30 p.m.

Westside, David H. Smith, 868-4030, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Here are the county middle schools, principals, phone numbers and hours:

East Augusta, Verma Curtis, 823-6960, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Glenn Hills, Bertha Sutton, 796-4705, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hephzibah, John Black, 592-4534, 7:40 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.

Langford, Veta New, 737-7301, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Morgan Road, Dorothy Gandy, 796-4992, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Murphey, Eleanor Hopson, 737-7350, 9:15 a.m to 4 p.m.

Sego, Joseph Zabriskie, 796-4944, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spirit Creek, Ronnie Harrison, 592-3987, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tubman, Hawthorne Welcher, 737-7250, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tutt, Carl Spivey, 737-7288, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Here are the county elementary schools, principals, phone numbers and hours:

Barton Chapel, Sylvester Brown, 796-4955, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Bayvale, Cheryl L. Fry, 737-7255, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Blythe, Joel Smith, 592-4090, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Bungalow Road, Paula K. Baker, 796-4965, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ursula Collins, Veronica Walker, 823-6922, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Copeland, Anita Evans, 737-7228, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Peter Craig, LaDoris K. James, 737-7225, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

T. Harry Garrett, Mary Alice Taylor, 737-7222, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Glenn Hills, Gayle McGee, 796-4942, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Goshen, Lisa Annis, 796-4646, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Gracewood, Mary B. Braswell, 796-4969, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Dorothy Hains/Levi White, Geoclyn Williams, 796-4918, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hephzibah, Lynn Duncan, 592-4561, 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

W.S. Hornsby, Alfred Reed, 823-6928, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

John W. Houghton, William Holmes, 823-6940, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jamestown, Rosa S. Ishamal, 796-4760, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Clara E. Jenkins, Nathaniel Dunn, 796-4921, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Lake Forest Hills, Ruth Ann Vericella, 737-7317, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Joseph R. Lamar, Georgette Magwood, 737-7262, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

McBean, Julia Impink, 592-3723, 7:40 a.m. to 2:10 p.m.

Meadowbrook, Ronnie Beard, 796-4915, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

A. Brian Merry, Beverly Arnold, 737-7185, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

John Milledge, Ann Reid, 737-7260, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Monte Sano, Bequette Coar, 737-7252, 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.

National Hills, Marie Cooper-Draves, 737-7266, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Sue Reynolds, Beverly Hite, 855-2540, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Roy E. Rollins, William Bass, 796-4972, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Southside, Nancy Cisick-Baumgartner, 796-4952, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Terrace Manor, Ernest James, 796-4910, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Tobacco Road, Florida Reed, 796-4658, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

C.T. Walker, Frances Drown, 823-6950, 8:10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Warren Road, Sherry Loyal, 868-4022, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Wheeless Road, Vivian Thompson, 796-4985, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Wilkinson Gardens, Willie Jarmon, 737-7219, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Willis Foreman, Betty Shepherd, 592-3991, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Windsor Spring Road, Cheryl Jones, 796-4939, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

SPECIAL SCHOOLS

Richmond County Alternative School, Jesse Chambers, principal, 823-6942, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Evening School at T.W. Josey, Winnette Bradley, 731-8805, noon to 8 p.m.

Sand Hills Psychoeducational Center, Harry Goodwin, director, 737-7272, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH

Breakfast starts 30 minutes before school begins. Meals cost 50 cents for children, $1 for adults.

Lunch costs are 95 cents for elementary students, $1.10 for middle and high school students and $2 for adults. Milk is 40 cents and reduced breakfast/lunch is 30 cents.

Applications for free or reduced lunch may be picked up on registration day or at the time of enrollment.

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Superintendent Charles G. Larke, 737-7200, Ext. 102 and 103

Board President Mary Oglesby, District 8, 592-2994

Vice President, Andrew Jefferson, District 4, 798-7828

District 2, Eloise Curtis, 722-4020

District 3, John Seitz, 737-0654

District 5, Y.N. Myers, 793-2988

District 6, Barbara Padgett, 798-2273

District 7, Ken Echols, 868-8680

District 9, vacant

District 10, Cherie Foster,733-7772

Pete Fletcher, board attorney, 724-0558

School board meetings take place the second Thursday of each month at the central office, 2083 Heckle St. Committee meetings begin at 7 p.m. and the board meeting starts at 8. The meetings are open to the public. Anyone wishing to address the board should submit a written request to the superintendent three days before the meeting.

For additional information on Richmond County Schools, the district's Web site is: www.richmond.k12.ga.us or call the public information office at 737-7398.