Jackson County Comprehensive High School Explained

Jackson County High School
Principal:Melissa Gillespie
Streetaddress:152 Jaxco Junction
Country:US
Colors:Black, red, and white
Mascot:Panthers
Faculty:94.10 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment:1,833 (2022–23)
Ratio:19.48

Jackson County High School (JCHS) is located in Hoschton, Georgia, United States. It was formerly named Jackson County Comprehensive High School until 2021. [2] It is one of two high schools in the Jackson County School District. It is fed by West Jackson Middle School and the neighboring Legacy Knoll Middle School.[3] [4]

The school competes in region 8-AAAAAA. JCCHS is known for its academics, band, Army JROTC, FFA, softball, wrestling, tennis, basketball, and football programs.

New school building

On January 31, 2019, Jackson County School District built a new high school building to replace the old building of Jackson County Comprehensive High School, which opened in the 2021-2022 school year.[5] The former JCCHS campus was converted into the Empower College and Career Center, a charter high school that will serve students from the Jackson County School District and the Commerce City School District.[6]

In the news

On February 14, 2007, at about 8:30 am, freshman Andrew Criswell entered the front office with a homemade bomb.[7] [8] [9] He held two people hostage in the front office, until one of them tricked him into looking the other way as they left through the back. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, local police authorities, state police authorities, a SWAT team, and bomb squads came to JCCHS. After two hours of negotiations, Crisswell surrendered. The other 1,800 students and 250 faculty and staff evacuated to the Jefferson Civic Center. It was said that Crisswell was trying to make money for a relative's surgery.[10]

On March 29, 2017, an unidentified female teenager called the police to report that a gunman was in the building. This was a hoax and caused the school to be evacuated. The teenager was later identified by police, but not to the public, and was found to be attending East Jackson Comprehensive High School.[11]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jackson County High School. National Center for Education Statistics. June 13, 2024.
  2. https://spaces4learning.com/articles/2021/08/16/new-jackson-county-high-school.aspx?m=1
  3. Web site: Jackson County School System Registration Information. www.jacksonschoolsga.org. 2020-01-16.
  4. https://lkms.jacksonschoolsga.org/lkmsposts/~board/homepage-news/post/jcss-closes-out-payments-for-lkms
  5. News: Groundbreaking this week for new high school in Jackson County. 2019-01-27. accessWDUN. 2020-01-16.
  6. News: EMPOWER College and Career Center: Coming Soon. 2017-03-30. jacksonalliance.com. 2020-01-16.
  7. Web site: Georgia Student Surrenders After Bomb Threat Evacuates High School. foxnews.com. 25 March 2015. 2020-01-16.
  8. Web site: Jackson County teen indicted in bomb scare. savannahnow.com. 2020-01-16.
  9. Web site: Jackson County student gets 3 years for bomb plot. gainesvilletimes.com. 2020-01-16.
  10. Web site: Teen gets three years for school bomb threat Online Athens. onlineathens.com. 2017-12-15.
  11. News: JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Situation contained after reports of possible gunman, GBI says. Thomas. Tony. 2017-03-30. WSBTV. 2017-12-15. en-US.
  12. Web site: B. Bowles JCCHS Alumni. 16 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Brian Bowles UFC Profile. 16 January 2020.

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