| Rogersville City School | |
| Established: | 1923 |
| Type: | Public |
| District: | Rogersville City Schools |
| Grades: | K-8 |
| Athletics: | Interscholastic, Tennessee Middle School Athletics Association |
| Mascot: | Warriors |
| Campus Type: | Suburban |
| Main Feeder School For: | Cherokee High School |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | http://www.rcschool.net/ |
Rogersville City School or Rogersville City Schools is a school district headquartered in Rogersville, Tennessee. It operates one K-8 school, Rogersville Elementary School.[1] The district's boundary parallels that of the municipality of Rogersville, and high school students move on to Hawkins County School District.[2]
The school counts 1923 as the year of its establishment.[3] The school building was established on the site of the former King College for $125,000. A 1928 fire destroyed that building, so a $65,178 building opened in 1929. The school district described it as "almost an exact duplicate of the 1923 school."[4]
Grades K-12 were in one facility until 1950, when a new Rogersville High School opened.[4] The Rogersville Review stated in 1950 that, prior to the split, the school building was "overcrowded".[5]
In 1955 a 14000square feet addition, called the West Wing, opened, built for $122,380. Another such addition, 20656square feet in size, called the East Wing, opened in 1970, built for $366,542.[4]
Rebecca Isaacs became superintendent in 2011, and by 2019 planned to resign in 2020; the board of trustees used Wayne Qualls as a consultant to look for another superintendent.[6]
J.T. Stroder became the director circa 2020, then resigned in 2021 citing reasons not related to the job.[7]
In 2024 the board of trustees asked Edwin Jarnigan to become the superintendent.[8]
In 2019 Jeff Bobo of the Times News wrote that, including the 2017–2018 school year, Rogersville School had a "long history of high academic performance".[9]
Prior to 1980, students attending the school who did not live in the city limits of Rogersville were permitted to take county school district-run buses. Beginning in 1980 the county school district nixed the practice.[10]