Duplin County Schools | |
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Location | |
Duplin County, North Carolina United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | A unified approach to academic excellence |
Grades | PK–12 |
Superintendent | Austin Obasohan |
Schools | 16 |
Budget | $ 83,831,000 |
NCES District ID | 3701200[1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 9,145 |
Teachers | 609.09 (on FTE basis) |
Staff | 654.09 (on FTE basis) |
Student–teacher ratio | 15.01:1 |
Other information | |
Website | www.duplinschools.net |
Duplin County Schools is a PK – 12 graded school zone serving Duplin County, North Carolina. Its 16 schools serve 9,145 students as of the 2010–11 school year .
student demographics [edit ]
For the 2010–11 educate year, Duplin County Schools had a sum population of 9,145 students and 609.09 teachers on a ( FTE ) basis. This produced a student-teacher proportion of 15.01:1. [ 1 ] That lapp year, out of the student full, the gender proportion was 52 % male to 48 % female. The demographic group makeup was : White, 38 % ; Hispanic, 34 % ; Black, 27 % ; American Indian, 1 % ; and Asian/Pacific Islander, 0 % ( two or more races : 1 % ). [ 2 ] For the lapp school year, 73.63 % of the students received free and reduced-cost lunches. [ 3 ]
administration [edit ]
The primary coil governing torso of Duplin County Schools follows a council–manager politics format with a six-member Board of Education appointing a superintendent to run the daily operations of the system. The school system presently resides in the North Carolina State Board of Education ‘s Second District. [ 4 ]
Reading: Duplin County Schools – Wikipedia
Board of Education [edit ]
There are five members on the Board of Education. Board of Education members are elected by district in stagger four-year terms. The current members of the display panel are : brant Davis ( Chair ), Hubert E. Bowden, David Jones, Pamela Edwards and S. Reginald Kenan. [ 5 ]
overseer [edit ]
Duplin County Schools has had a couple of people serve hanker tenures as overseer. C. H. Yelverton was the superintendent from 1967 until his death in 1981. Upon his death, L. S. Guy, Jr., was named the superintendent. [ 6 ] He remained in the stead from 1981 until his retirement in 1999. Tommy Benson was appointed in July 1999 [ 7 ] and retired in 2006. [ 8 ] That year Wiley Doby ( previously superintendent at the Rowan-Salisbury School System ) took over as school drawing card. [ 9 ] Doby served until 2010 when a parents group formed to try to oust him. He declined to seek a contract refilling that class. [ 10 ]
The stream overseer of the system is Austin Obasohan. He became overseer in 2010. Obasohan was previously superintendent of Selma City Schools in Selma, Alabama. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
Member schools [edit ]
Duplin County Schools has 16 schools ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Those 16 schools are separated into five high schools, three middle schools, and eight elementary schools. [ 13 ]
high schools [edit ]
Middle schools [edit ]
- Charity Middle School (Rose Hill)
- E.E. Smith Middle School (Kenansville)
- Warsaw Middle School (Warsaw)
elementary schools [edit ]
- B. F. Grady Elementary School (Albertson)
- Beulaville Elementary School (Beulaville)
- Chinquapin Elementary School (Chinquapin)
- Kenansville Elementary School (Kenansville)
- North Duplin Elementary School (Mount Olive)
- Rose Hill Magnolia Elementary School (Rose Hill)
- Wallace Elementary School (Wallace)
- Warsaw Elementary School (Warsaw)
Athletics [edit ]
According to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, for the 2012–2013 school class : [ 14 ]
- East Duplin James Kenan and Wallace-Rose Hill are a 2A school in the East Central Conference.
- North Duplin is a 1A school in the Carolina Conference
- The early college does not have athletic teams.