Established 1970 Teachers 1,939 Number of students 30,000 Founded 1970 | Superintendent Dr. Christopher Lowder Website www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us Schools 39 Motto "The Clear Choice." | |
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Cabarrus County Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. The system presides over the vast majority of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the exception being an area of Kannapolis in the northern part of the county that operates its own district. The current superintendent is Dr. Chris Lowder. Dr. Barry Shepherd retired April 1, 2015.
Contents
- Map of Cabarrus County Schools NC USA
- Traditional K 12 schools
- Non traditional schools
- Growth
- Soccer partnership
- References
Map of Cabarrus County Schools, NC, USA
Traditional K-12 schools
The following lists the high schools of the system, including their feeder elementary and middle schools. Some exceptions to the following diagram exist, but this depiction is typically accurate. (Note: high schools are grades 9–12; middle schools 6–8; and elementary schools K-5)
JN Fries, a magnet middle school, is named after the late Joseph Nelson Fries, a longtime superintendent and principal in Cabarrus County Schools. It is a magnet school serving students that meet certain academic requirements. There is no home school crowd. It houses the IB MYP Program as well as the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Program.
Non-traditional schools
Growth
As the population of Cabarrus County has exploded over the past fifteen years, so too has the size of the school system. In 2001 the county opened Jay M. Robinson High School, the first new high school in Cabarrus County in 35 years. However, new schools at all three levels tend to become quickly overcrowded (Robinson High School, built for 1,500 students, opened in the fall of 2005 with nearly 1,800 students enrolled). Therefore, new schools are being constantly planned and added, with eight new schools having been constructed since 1996 (plus four new buildings for outdated existing schools). The 2016–17 school year will see the opening of another new elementary school, the Odell 3–5 building, which will be contructed on the old Odell site. The Odell already in place will become the K-2 building.
Soccer partnership
Since 2005 FC Carolina Alliance Youth Soccer Club has served as the administrator for Cabarrus County Schools Middle School Soccer League. FCCA provides the venue, schedule, uniforms, coaches, referees, and end-of-season awards for a successful middle school soccer program. The program is open to all middle school boys and girls. Each school may enter a maximum of 2 teams in the boy’s league, and 2 teams in the girl’s league. (If a school is only able to form a co-ed team then that team will play in the boys division.) The program is run in a league format with an end-of-season play off tournament. Each team plays between 8–12 games, depending on their play-off results. The partnership with FCCA was terminated in 2014.
FCCA also works with Cabarrus County School's "Kid's Plus" after-school program, providing free soccer clinics to Cabarrus County elementary schools.