Tucker High School

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Tucker High School
Established	1918
Type	Public secondary
Principal	James P. Jackson
Students	1,335
Grades	9–12
Location	Tucker, Georgia, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Maroon and gold
Mascot	Tigers
Website	www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/tucker/

Tucker High School is the only public high school in Tucker, an unincorporated section of DeKalb County, Georgia, and is operated by the DeKalb County School System.

The first community school in Tucker, a one room schoolhouse, was founded in the late 1880s. Within a short time, a larger school was needed, and a new three room schoolhouse was constructed around 1900, providing education through the eighth grade. Tucker’s population was growing rapidly, and this building also was quickly outgrown, the school spilling over into the nearby Methodist and Congregationalist churches. A new two-story antebellum style school building was soon built to house the burgeoning student body. By 1928, more space was again required, and a new building having twelve classrooms, an auditorium, offices, storage, and indoor restrooms was built. This was followed by a granite annex building in 1935, and an infill project joining the main building to the annex in 1937.

The 1950s saw a rapid growth in student enrollment, from 271 students in 1952 to 1,100 students by 1962. In 1963 the present building was dedicated, providing instructional space for 1,300 students.

A new building will be constructed starting in 2008 to replace the existing 1963 facility. The 228,500 square foot replacement facility will feature 81 instructional units and supporting spaces including a media center, language arts, science, social studies, math, speech, reading, and computer science labs, rooms for vocational, art, and music instruction, a gymnasium, kitchen and cafeteria, commons, auditorium, and guidance and administrative offices. Site work will include a new three-level parking deck, additional on-grade parking, replacement of all sports fields, new entrances and exits from surrounding roads, and a new bus loop. The project is projected to cost over $66,000,000.00.

1 Awards and Recognitions
2 Students
3 Feeder schools
4 Sources

[edit] Awards and Recognitions

Tucker High School has received awards for its students and its teachers, including:

DeKalb County and Region IV Star Student^{[citation needed]}

DeKalb Counselor of the Year^{[citation needed]}

Georgia Gymnastics Coach of the Year^{[citation needed]}

2005 Dekalb County Gymnastics Champions^{[citation needed]}

International Media Festival Winner^{[citation needed]}

AAA State Basketball Champions^{[citation needed]}

AAA Track Champions^{[citation needed]}

AAAA State Basketball Champions (2007)^{[citation needed]}

Tucker also boasts the fact that four of Georgia's Superintendents of Education were at one time part of the Tucker faculty.^{[citation needed]}

Tucker recently has been found to contain large amounts of asbestos in the ceilings and walls, resulting in major renovations starting from 2005.^{[citation needed]}