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Rogersville City School or Rogersville City Schools is a school district headquartered in Rogersville, Tennessee. It operates one K-8 school, Rogersville Elementary School. The district's boundary parallels that of the municipality of Rogersville, and high school students move on to Hawkins County School District.

History

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The school counts 1923 as the year of its establishment. The school building was established on the site of the former King College for $125,000. A 1928 fire destroyed that building, so a $65,178 building opened in 1929. The school district described it as "almost an exact duplicate of the 1923 school."

Grades K-12 were in one facility until 1950, when a new Rogersville High School opened. The Rogersville Review stated in 1950 that, prior to the split, the school building was "overcrowded".

In 1955 a 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m) addition, called the West Wing, opened, built for $122,380. Another such addition, 20,656 square feet (1,919.0 m) in size, called the East Wing, opened in 1970, built for $366,542.

Rebecca Isaacs became superintendent in 2011, and by 2019 planned to resign in 2020; the board of trustees used Wayne Qualls as a consultant to look for another superintendent.

J.T. Stroder became the director circa 2020, then resigned in 2021 citing reasons not related to the job.

In 2024 the board of trustees asked Edwin Jarnigan to become the superintendent.

Academic performance

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In 2019 Jeff Bobo of the Times News wrote that, including the 2017–2018 school year, Rogersville School had a "long history of high academic performance".

Transportation

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Prior to 1980, students attending the school who did not live in the city limits of Rogersville were permitted to take county school district-run buses. Beginning in 1980 the county school district nixed the practice.

References

1. "Rogersville schools for this district". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
2. "2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Hawkins County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-06-24. - Text list
3. Worley, Tessa (2023-11-24). "Rogersville City School to host 100-year celebration". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
4. ^ "History". Rogersville City Schools. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
5. "Schools Will Begin Sept. 1". Rogersville Review. Vol. 64, no. 3. Rogersville, Arkansas. 1950-08-17. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Bobo, Jeff (2019-08-09). "Qualls hired to help Rogersville City School find its next superintendent". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
7. Bobo, Jeff (2021-07-14). "Rogersville City School director resigning after 15 months on the job". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
8. Goley, Allison F. (2021-07-19). "Rogersville City Schools board to offer Edwin Jarnigan superintendent position". The Rogersville Review. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
9. Bobo, Jeff (2019-01-10). "By the numbers: How did RCS earn its 2017-18 Reward School status?". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
10. "Hawkins school bus plan implemented". Kingsport Times. Kingsport, Tennessee. 1980-08-22. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.

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