Haralson County School District

Haralson County School District
Address
299 Robertson Avenue
Tallapoosa
, Georgia, 30176-1232
United States
Coordinates33°47′55″N 85°11′19″W / 33.798719°N 85.188629°W / 33.798719; -85.188629[1]
District information
GradesPre-school - 12
SuperintendentJerry Bell
Accreditation(s)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Students and staff
Students3,776[2]
Teachers231[2]
Other information
Telephone(770) 574-2500
Websitehttp://www.haralson.k12.ga.us/

The Haralson County School District is a public school district in Haralson County, Georgia, United States, based in Tallapoosa.[3] The district includes all of the county except for areas in Bremen.[4] It serves the communities of Buchanan, Tallapoosa, and Waco.

The Haralson County portion of Temple is in the district.[4] As of 2020 no residents lived in that portion of Temple.[5]

Schools

The Haralson County School District has four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.[6]

Elementary schools
  • Buchanan Elementary School
  • Buchanan Primary School
  • Tallapoosa Primary School
  • West Haralson Elementary School
Secondary schools

Controversies

In 2013 a bus driver of the district wrote a Facebook post about a child who reported being hungry; he stated that the child stated that he was denied food because there was a lack of $.40 in the account. The district threatened to fire him if he did not remove his Facebook post, and if he did, he would have to apologize and take a two-week suspension. Instead the bus driver refused to rescind his post and filed a federal lawsuit against the school district. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took the case in 2014.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  2. ^ a b School Stats, Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  3. ^ "School Board".
  4. ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Haralson County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 24, 2024. - Text list
  5. ^ "General Highway Map Carroll County Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Schools in Haralson County". Georgia Board of Education. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "ACLU takes case of bus driver fired over Facebook posting." 11 Alive Atlanta. February 27, 2014. Retrieved on March 1, 2014.