Baker County School District (Georgia)

The Baker County School District, also known as the Baker County School System, is a public school district in Baker County, Georgia, United States, based in Newton. It serves the communities of Elmodel and Newton.

Baker County School District
Address
260 GA Hwy 37 E, PO Box 40

Newton
,
Georgia
39870

United States
Coordinates32.191052°N 83.173971°W / 32.191052; -83.173971[1]
Information
SuperintendentDr. Roy Brooks[2]
Faculty34[3]
GradesPre-school - 12
Enrollment284[3]
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Telephone(229) 734-5274
Fax(229) 734-6123
Websitehttp://bck12.baker.k12.ga.us/
Baker County Schools school building

Schools

The district has one school serving pre-school to grade twelve.[4] It is the Baker County School.

History

Prior to court-ordered integration of the public schools, separate schools were maintained for white and black students. In 1972, the courts found the school board had skirted integration by selling buses and other public resources including West Baker Elementary Schools to private Baker Academy at a loss.[5] Around the late 1980s, students typically attended neighboring Mitchell County schools. In more recent years they have returned to a new school built in Newton: the Baker County K12 School.

  • Former Baker County School
  • Baker County Courthouse, a former building of the Baker County High School

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  2. State Superintendents of Georgia, Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  3. , Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  4. Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  5. "U S Sues Baker School Officials". Atlanta Constitution. February 11, 1972.
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