Forsyth County Schools

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Forsyth County Public Schools
Type Public school district
Grades K-12
Location 1120 Dahlonega Highway, Cumming, GA
Website www.forsyth.k12.ga.us


Forsyth County Schools is a public school district in Forsyth County, Georgia based in Cumming, Georgia. FCS serves Cumming and other unincorporated parts of the county. FCS serves over 30,000 students attending sixteen elementary, eight middle, four high schools, as well as one alternative school for middle and high school students, and a charter non-traditional high school.

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[edit] Education

Forsyth County's school system largest employer (4,000 employees) and is an integral part of the community. It has experienced great growth over the past decade and is now home to 31,000 students in 30 schools. It is projected by 2013 to grow to over 50,000 students. Classrooms are technologically-advanced, as the school system places a heavy emphasis on being on the cutting edge of new technology and methods of teaching. Five schools are scheduled to open in 2009, including the fifth high school, Lambert. Ten new schools are projected to open by 2013, among them a sixth high school.

[edit] Schools

[edit] Elementary

  • Big Creek Elementary
  • Chattahoochee Elementary
  • Chestatee Elementary
  • Coal Mountain Elementary
  • Cumming Elementary
  • Daves Creek Elementary
  • Johns Creek Elementary
  • Mashburn Elementary
  • Matt Elementary
  • Midway Elementary
  • Sawnee Elementary
  • Settles Bridge Elementary
  • Sharon Elementary
  • Shiloh Point Elementary
  • Silver City Elementary
  • Vickery Creek Elementary

[edit] Middle

[edit] High

[edit] Other Schools

  • Forsyth Academy
  • Piedmont Learning Center

[edit] Future Schools

  • Whitlow Elementary (2009)
  • Haw Creek Elementary (2009)
  • Brookwood Elementary (2009)
  • Lakeside Middle (2009)
  • Lambert High (2009)

Ten new schools are proposed between 2010 and 2013

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