The Fulton County school district is the only non-contiguous school district in the state, having a 17-mile (27 km) separation (Atlanta Public Schools) between the north and south.
As of the 2012–2013 school year, Fulton has 11,500 full-time employees, including 7,500 teachers and other certified personnel, who work in 99 schools and 15 administrative and support buildings. Approximately 94,000 students attend classes in 58 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, 19 high schools, and seven charter schools.
Fulton County Schools is overseen by a seven-member board, all of whom are elected by geographic electoral district to four-year terms. Members of the Fulton County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Elections are held in even-numbered years. As of 2022, the school members include: District 1 - Katha Stuart, District 2 - Lillie Pozatek, District 3 - Katie Gregory, District 4 - Franchesca Warren, District 5 - Kristin McCabe, District 6 - Kimberly Dove, District 7 - Michelle Morancie.[5]
Territory
The district's territory spans about 90 miles (140 km).[4]
Previously the school district was headquartered in Atlanta.[8] The district moved its headquarters in the period September 2014 through June 2015, citing how the majority of students live in the northern portions of the counties. The district maintains the Union City office for people living in the southern portion. Wayne Washington of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote in 2013 that "There have long been complaints from some parents that the southern part of the [...] district has been neglected in favor of the faster-growing, more affluent northern part."[4]
Esther Jackson Elementary School (Alpharetta Elementary School) - Occupied a temporary site until 2016, when it received its current name and entered a new facility built on the site of the old one.[9]
Hilliard Elementary, named after former East Point resident Asa Grant Hilliard III, opened in 2016 on the site of the former Mount Olive Elementary School, which opened in 1960. Mount Olive was replaced by Hilliard, with the former building razed in 2014.[10] Mount Olive had a temporary site in 2014–2015 in East Point, with the new building and new name in effect in August 2015.[11]
Oak Knoll Elementary School closed. Since 2015 it houses RISE Grammar School/RISE Prep School (which together serve K-8), which purchased the facility for $1.73 million in May 2018.[12]
^"Home". Fulton County School System. Retrieved May 12, 2020. 6201 Powers Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30339 - Despite the "Atlanta, GA" address the school district headquarters are not in the Atlanta city limits. Check the address and compare to the zoning map.
^"Home". Fulton County School System. May 22, 2010. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2020. 786 Cleveland Ave. SW, Atlanta, GA 30315
