How Many Students Are Expected In Cherokee Schools This Year?

CANTON, GA -- The start of the 2017-18 school year is just days away, and the Cherokee County School District is gearing up to serve more than 40,000 students who will show up to receive their public education.

The system has released its First Day Facts for the 2017-18 school year, which provides an overview of what it will expect once the doors open on Tuesday, Aug. 1.

An additional 530 students are expected to enroll this year, for a 20-day enrollment of 42,299 students. To accommodate that growth, class size reductions and attrition, CCSD has hired 256 new teachers who will greet students as they return from the summer break.

You can also expected to see 402 bus drivers traveling more than 1,500 routes each day. A bonus for parents and caretakers: later in the school year, the system will roll out a new GPS system with an app that will allow you to track your child’s bus to and from school.

Student meal prices are $1.50 for breakfast; $2.35 for elementary school lunch; $2.60 for middle and high school lunch; and $3.75 for the high school grill line.

You can view the entire First Day Facts document by clicking here.

While most schools wait for students to arrive and visit during open house, teachers from Oak Grove Elementary School Fine Arts Academy did a bus tour of five neighborhoods in the Oak Grove community. These educators greeted students and parents with information about the upcoming year. Teachers visited the Villages at Oak Grove, Ridgemill, Westland Mill, Hidden Falls and Sable Trace.

Using class rosters and going street by street, the teachers spent about three hours welcoming students and parents with information and treats in a community outreach event for the school.

Photo 1: Oak Grove ES Fine Arts Academy teachers fan out and go door to door in the Sable Trace subdivision, using class rosters to locate students and say hello.

Photo 2: A busload of Oak Grove teachers is ready to welcome students for the new year.

Photo 3: Kindergarten student Hannah Kirk is surprised to find her teacher Heather Burgess at her door.

Photo 4: From left, Oak Grove ES Fine Arts Academy Principal Penny Valle, kindergarten teacher Heather Burgess and her student Hannah Kirk, brother Joshua Kirk and his 5th grade teacher Andrea Pagano post on the front porch of their home.

Images via Cherokee County School District