Superintendent Dr. Jared A. Cotton Enrollment 7,131 (2014) Phone +1 276-634-4700 Founded 1870 Funding type State school | Grades Pre-K–12 Area Henry County, Virginia Number of students 7,131 Staff 1670 | |
School type Public, school division School board Betsy S. Mattox, Chairman
Curtis R. Millner, Sr. , Vice Chairman
Dr. Joseph A. "Joe" DeVault
Francis E. Zehr
Terri C. Flanagan
Thomas Auker
Dr. Merris Stambaugh Address 3300 Kings Mountain Rd, Collinsville, VA 24078, USA Hours Closing soon · 8AM–4:30PMThursday8AM–4:30PMFriday8AM–4:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4:30PMTuesday8AM–4:30PMWednesday8AM–4:30PM Similar Henry County School Di, Center For Community Learning, Fieldale Middle School, Education Station, Martinsville High School | ||
Henry county public schools 2015
Henry County Public Schools operates 14 schools - two high schools, two middle schools, and ten elementary schools - a community learning center, a regional alternative program, and a parent resource center in the local mall. HCPS operates preschool programs at ten elementary schools.
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Henry county public schools
History
According to a thesis written by Eugene Carol Hoover in 1939 a Dr. J.M. Smith who was superintendent of the county schools from 1876 to 1885 wrote a history of education in the county, in which he said prior to 1850 Henry County virtually had no school history worth reporting. From 1846 to 1851, there was a brief experiment in Henry County with district free schools, which led to a violent political upheaval and culminated in abandonment of the experiment.
According to Jean Hairston the first superintendent of Schools in Henry County was Mr. Greenberry T. Griggs who served from 1870 to 1876. In 1871 Mr. Griggs reported there were 19 one room schools operating for white children and 10 operating for black children. These schools were in session for about four and a half months. In 1901 it was reported there were 75 schools for white children and 32 for the black children. Schools at this time went for five and a half months. All the schools only served grades 1-7.