Chamber Of Commerce Program Shows Features Of County Schools

With 8,434 students and a governing body elected by the citizens, Oconee County Schools dominates K through 12 education in the county.

In a program organized by the Oconee Chamber of Commerce last month, however, Oconee County Schools was one of four equal presenters.

Westminster Christian Academy, Athens Academy, and host Prince Avenue Christian School, all private schools with fewer than 1,000 students each, had equal time at the podium.

The program was dominated by student presentations, and those students uniformly bragged about the teachers and the learning opportunities their schools provided.

Despite that similarity, the student presentations, along with the introductory comments of the leaders of the schools, gave a sense of the diversity of learning opportunities being offered in the county.

Even with the diversity, the administrators said there is coordination and cooperation among them as they struggle with some of the same challenges, with COVID-19 being mentioned as a common issue they have needed to address.

For more on this story, with a video of the State Of The Schools session, please go to Oconee County Observations.