Chickamauga City Schools

Parents, we need your help!

Chickamauga City Schools values you as a parent, school partner, and participant in the school improvement process. Please take a few moments between May 7 and May 17 to complete a survey to provide CCS with needed information concerning your child’s school. Your input helps to identify the needs in our school system and allows us to plan for next year.

There are surveys for Chickamauga Elementary School, Gordon Lee Middle School, and Gordon Lee High School. Please complete a separate survey for each of your children attending Chickamauga City Schools.

Thank you for your time.

Applications for next school year now available

Applications to be considered for enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year are now available in the Registrar’s office. All city residents should register now for kindergarten enrollment.

Applications cannot be accepted without all of the required paperwork. Completed applications must be returned to the Registrar’s office no later than Wednesday, May 30.

If you have any questions please call Lori Strickland at (706) 382-3100 ext 3044. Office hours are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Applications for currently enrolled students will be sent home with students in the coming weeks.

CCS named as a Title I Distinguished District

Chickamauga City Schools is one of four districts in the state who are receiving funds for being selected as a Title I Distinguished District. CCS will receive $50,000 in federal funds for being recognized in the Very Small District category.

Recipients of this award have closed the achievement gap the most between economically disadvantaged students and students who are not economically disadvantaged. The results of the reading, English language arts, and mathematics portions of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) and the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) are used to determine achievement.

Chickamauga schools' advances acknowledged (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Chickamauga schools meet AYP

The annually-produced Adequate Yearly Progress report lets the public know how well each school and school system did in meeting expectations for the academic success of all students. AYP requirements are measured by the system's and school's test participation rates, academic performance, graduation rate, and attendance rates.

The Chickamauga City School System has met the 2011 requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress. Chickamauga Elementary, Gordon Lee Middle, and Gordon Lee High each met AYP requirements for 2011 as well.

CCS to participate in Child Find project

Chickamauga City Schools, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Education, is participating in a Child Find project to identify, locate, and evaluate children with disabilities. Child Find is an effort to find and determine program needs for all unserved children, birth to age 21, who live within the Chickamauga city limits. It is the policy of the Chickamauga City Board of Education not to discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, disability, religion, or national origin in educational programs and activities. If you know of a child who lives in Chickamauga and may need these services, contact Stacy McDaniel at (706) 382-3100, ext. 4010, or send your name, address, and telephone number to Chickamauga City Schools, 402 Cove Road, Chickamauga, Georgia 30707, Attention: Stacy McDaniel.

U.S. School Districts Honored for Technology Performance

Winners of the sixth annual Digital School Districts Survey have been announced by e.Republic's Center for Digital Education, the National School Boards Association and Converge Online magazine. The Survey's purpose is to recognize school districts and school boards across the nation whose use of digital technology in interfacing with students, parents and community, district governing, and bettering of operations proved exceptional.

Participation in the survey was open to all U.S. public school districts which were placed in three categories based on size of enrollment. Those districts which demonstrated the most comprehensive use of digital standards were chosen as the top ten-ranking districts.

The winners in the small system category (less than 2,500 students) were:

1st - Lower Moreland Township School District, Pa.
2nd - Tornillo Independent School District, Texas
3rd - Beggs Public Schools, Okla. (tie)
3rd - North Mason School District, Wash. (tie)
4th - Chickamauga City School System, Ga.
5th - Gooding Joint School District #231, Idaho
6th - Readington Township Public Schools, N.J
7th - Spackenkill Union Free School District, N.Y.
8th - Avoca School District 37, Ill.
9th - Orange City Schools, Ohio
10th - Charlton County School System, Ga.

Important Information Concerning H1N1 Influenza

The Georgia Department of Community Health has developed an H1N1 hotline phone number for Georgia citizens. The H1N1 hotline phone number is 1-888-H1N1-INFO. (Please note that the 8th digit after the area code drops automatically after you punch in the other numbers.) The hotline is now operational from 8 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.

CCS Superintendent Melody Day recently sent a letter to the parents of all system students concerning the H1N1 virus. You can read the complete text of the letter here.

CCS looks to implement Safe Routes to School

Safe Routes to School is a new program created by the federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU. The Program's goal is to increase the number of children in grades K-8 who bicycle and walk to school. The Program's enabling legislation guides how this will be implemented: 1) by increasing awareness; 2) developing locally-driven and supported programs; 3) improving bicycling and walking conditions near the qualifying schools; and 4) evaluating at the project and Program levels. Benefits of the Program include: reduced congestion and increased safety near participating schools; reduced air pollution in route to and near participating schools; and increased physical activity of children.

Read about the current transportation situation in the Chickamauga City Schools here.

Cafeteria charges

A tremendous number of students have charged lunches and now owe money to the CES and GLMS/GLHS cafeterias. If your child owes charges, please clear this debt immediately. Chickamauga City Schools cannot afford to operate the cafeterias without the funds generated through lunch sales. Therefore, a "no charge" policy will be instituted for the 2010-2011 school year.

CCS offers i-Parent service

Parents of Chickamauga City Schools students have immediate access to available attendance, grading, scheduling, and discipline information through the SchoolMAX i-Parent program.

i-Parent is a web and browser based application designed specifically to provide parental access to student information with SchoolMAX. It allows parents to access student information anytime from any location where Internet access is available.

Check Recovery

Effective July 2009, Chickamauga City Schools has contracted with Envision Payment Solutions to handle all returned checks (insufficient funds, account closed, or uncollected funds). For questions, please see this letter (74k, PDF).

Public Notice of Equity

Student Policy

It is the policy of the Chickamauga City Board of Education not to discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, disability, religion, or national origin in educational programs and activities.

Employment Policy

The Chickamauga City School Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, age, or disability.