Forsyth County Schools, Georgia

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Office	Name	Date assumed office
Forsyth County Board of Education District 1	Wes McCall	2019
Forsyth County Board of Education District 2	Kristin Morrissey	2010
Forsyth County Board of Education District 3	Tom Cleveland
Forsyth County Board of Education District 4	Darla Sexton Light
Forsyth County Board of Education District 5	Lindsey Adams	January 6, 2021

This officeholder information was last updated on July 19, 2021. Please contact us with any updates.

Public Participation in Board Meetings

Meetings of the Board of Education are held to conduct the affairs and business of the school system. Although these meetings are not meetings of the public, the public is invited to attend all meetings and citizens are invited to address the Board at all regular meetings at the time shown on the agenda and in accordance with procedures below.

For scheduling purposes, prospective speakers with non-agenda related items must sign up at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting with the Clerk of the Board. Prospective speakers with agenda related items may sign up with the Clerk of the Board up until 15 minutes prior to the start time of the regular Board meeting. The Board may also call special meetings solely for the purpose of public participation and comment.

1. The Board may limit the time allocated for public participation as well as the length of individual comments at their discretion.

2. Where appropriate, the public is urged to follow the School System’s Issues Resolution Process before presenting issues or concerns to the Board through public participation.

3. Only Forsyth County residents, representatives of businesses or organizations, or school system employees may address the Board during public participation. No individual or group will be retaliated against, in any manner whatsoever, for speaking during public participation.

4. The Board requests that multiple speakers from a group or organization appoint a single representative to address the Board.

5. All speakers shall address the Board by first stating their names. All remarks shall be made to the Board as a body and addressed through the Chair. Remarks shall not be addressed to individual Board members.

6. Speakers may bring printed material and other supporting materials. These materials should be given to the Clerk of the Board.

7. Personnel issues involving individual employees, issues involving individual students and pending litigation are not subjects for public participation.

8. Speakers are asked to keep their remarks civil. Profane, rude, defamatory remarks and personal attacks will not be allowed.

9. The Board will not respond to comments made by the speaker during public participation unless they chose to ask questions. Speakers should remain at the microphone while answering questions.

The Chairman of the Board is responsible for enforcing this policy and speakers who are found in violation will have their allotted speaking time immediately concluded.

By reading and acknowledging acceptance prior to speaking during public participation, speakers attest that they understand and will abide by this policy. Failure to abide by this policy may result in forfeiture of the right to participate in future Board meetings.

Revenue by Source
Fiscal Year	Local		State		Federal		Revenue Total
	Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue

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1993	$21,911,000	49.94%	$20,371,000	46.43%	$1,589,000	3.62%	$43,871,000
1994	$23,807,000	51.70%	$20,678,000	44.90%	$1,567,000	3.40%	$46,052,000
1995	$27,480,000	53.84%	$21,953,000	43.01%	$1,610,000	3.15%	$51,043,000
1996	$36,274,000	56.42%	$26,297,000	40.90%	$1,725,000	2.68%	$64,296,000
1997	$44,739,000	51.88%	$39,615,000	45.94%	$1,875,000	2.17%	$86,229,000
1998	$60,223,000	61.29%	$35,957,000	36.59%	$2,080,000	2.12%	$98,260,000
1999	$72,388,000	62.90%	$40,462,000	35.16%	$2,231,000	1.94%	$115,081,000
2000	$82,311,000	62.46%	$46,371,000	35.19%	$3,107,000	2.36%	$131,789,000
2001	$99,506,000	59.99%	$62,937,000	37.94%	$3,438,000	2.07%	$165,881,000
2002	$101,194,000	58.11%	$68,587,000	39.39%	$4,349,000	2.50%	$174,130,000
2003	$124,980,000	59.09%	$81,411,000	38.49%	$5,116,000	2.42%	$211,507,000
2004	$127,378,000	60.60%	$76,412,000	36.35%	$6,403,000	3.05%	$210,193,000
2005	$148,979,000	63.44%	$78,640,000	33.49%	$7,206,000	3.07%	$234,825,000
2006	$163,687,000	62.00%	$91,798,000	34.77%	$8,521,000	3.23%	$264,006,000
2007	$182,784,000	56.86%	$129,489,000	40.28%	$9,176,000	2.85%	$321,449,000
2008	$197,001,000	59.29%	$125,299,000	37.71%	$9,990,000	3.01%	$332,290,000
2009	$203,391,000	59.16%	$127,841,000	37.18%	$12,595,000	3.66%	$343,827,000

2010	$196,515,000	58.58%	$111,393,000	33.21%	$27,562,000	8.22%	$335,470,000
2011	$193,316,000	55.81%	$131,093,000	37.85%	$21,943,000	6.34%	$346,352,000
2012	$205,075,000	57.45%	$136,826,000	38.33%	$15,069,000	4.22%	$356,970,000
2013	$203,772,000	56.41%	$142,535,000	39.46%	$14,905,000	4.13%	$361,212,000
Avg.	$119,843,381	57.96%	$76,950,714	38.69%	$7,717,000	3.34%	$204,511,095

Expenditures[edit]

The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:

• Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
• Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
• Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
• Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
• Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services

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1993	$21,505,000	44.34%	$13,766,000	28.38%	$11,219,000	23.13%	$1,921,000	3.96%	$94,000	0.19%	$48,505,000
1994	$22,970,000	41.87%	$15,187,000	27.69%	$15,032,000	27.40%	$1,570,000	2.86%	$95,000	0.17%	$54,854,000
1995	$26,606,000	51.75%	$17,463,000	33.97%	$5,754,000	11.19%	$1,542,000	3.00%	$44,000	0.09%	$51,409,000
1996	$29,811,000	47.54%	$18,962,000	30.24%	$10,485,000	16.72%	$3,453,000	5.51%	$0	0.00%	$62,711,000
1997	$36,058,000	33.83%	$23,078,000	21.65%	$43,069,000	40.41%	$4,381,000	4.11%	$0	0.00%	$106,586,000
1998	$43,451,000	33.74%	$28,483,000	22.12%	$50,428,000	39.16%	$6,295,000	4.89%	$119,000	0.09%	$128,776,000
1999	$51,226,000	43.26%	$34,889,000	29.47%	$26,298,000	22.21%	$5,826,000	4.92%	$163,000	0.14%	$118,402,000
2000	$58,836,000	44.08%	$39,540,000	29.62%	$28,989,000	21.72%	$5,955,000	4.46%	$169,000	0.13%	$133,489,000
2001	$71,643,000	37.95%	$44,142,000	23.38%	$57,224,000	30.32%	$15,549,000	8.24%	$206,000	0.11%	$188,764,000
2002	$82,984,000	39.06%	$48,803,000	22.97%	$69,438,000	32.68%	$11,061,000	5.21%	$165,000	0.08%	$212,451,000
2003	$97,967,000	49.16%	$53,764,000	26.98%	$35,092,000	17.61%	$12,185,000	6.11%	$258,000	0.13%	$199,266,000
2004	$102,590,000	53.30%	$55,295,000	28.73%	$23,665,000	12.30%	$10,701,000	5.56%	$223,000	0.12%	$192,474,000
2005	$119,108,000	53.89%	$59,434,000	26.89%	$32,603,000	14.75%	$9,564,000	4.33%	$294,000	0.13%	$221,003,000
2006	$133,236,000	41.05%	$66,875,000	20.61%	$107,852,000	33.23%	$16,201,000	4.99%	$367,000	0.11%	$324,531,000
2007	$162,907,000	45.12%	$73,822,000	20.45%	$106,570,000	29.52%	$17,073,000	4.73%	$662,000	0.18%	$361,034,000
2008	$192,305,000	44.28%	$88,468,000	20.37%	$129,254,000	29.76%	$23,416,000	5.39%	$838,000	0.19%	$434,281,000
2009	$193,240,000	50.14%	$90,886,000	23.58%	$78,942,000	20.48%	$21,641,000	5.61%	$721,000	0.19%	$385,430,000

2010	$196,219,000	61.20%	$94,278,000	29.41%	$8,411,000	2.62%	$20,510,000	6.40%	$1,186,000	0.37%	$320,604,000
2011	$196,047,000	59.65%	$95,126,000	28.95%	$16,991,000	5.17%	$19,037,000	5.79%	$1,442,000	0.44%	$328,643,000
2012	$204,816,000	61.37%	$94,873,000	28.43%	$15,350,000	4.60%	$16,966,000	5.08%	$1,752,000	0.52%	$333,757,000
2013	$208,550,000	63.71%	$96,611,000	29.52%	$4,014,000	1.23%	$16,487,000	5.04%	$1,659,000	0.51%	$327,321,000
Avg.	$107,241,667	47.63%	$54,940,238	26.35%	$41,746,667	20.77%	$11,492,095	5.06%	$497,952	0.19%	$215,918,619

Debt

The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.

Debt
Fiscal Year	Retired	Issued	Outstanding

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1993	$325,000	$45,000	$24,265,000
1994	$500,000	$0	$23,765,000
1995	$525,000	$0	$23,240,000
1996	$555,000	$55,000,000	$78,240,000
1997	$590,000	$47,474,000	$125,095,000
1998	$1,720,000	$28,000	$123,403,000
1999	$8,605,000	$259,000	$120,270,000
2000	$10,100,000	$125,687,000	$241,812,000
2001	$11,935,000	$25,000	$229,902,000
2002	$12,519,000	$0	$217,383,000
2003	$12,050,000	$0	$205,333,000
2004	$8,550,000	$0	$196,783,000
2005	$6,355,000	$179,389,000	$369,817,000
2006	$10,360,000	$65,000	$0
2007	$11,280,000	$136,730,000	$0
2008	$20,665,000	$0	$446,380,000
2009	$24,770,000	$0	$421,610,000

2010	$26,875,000	$0	$394,735,000
2011	$53,260,000	$25,866,000	$0
2012	$24,205,000	$0	$0
2013	$29,245,000	$276,000	$314,167,000
Avg.	$13,094,714	$27,183,048	$169,342,857

Teacher salaries[edit]

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2021-2022[4]	$46,746	$93,232

Academic performance[edit]

Proficiency assessments[edit]

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.^[5]

Mathematics[edit]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:^[6]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	75	94	56	51	65-69	74	75
2017-2018	75	94	56	51	65-69	77	75
2016-2017	73	94	55	48	60-64	75	74
2015-2016	76	94	56	52	65-69	75	77
2014-2015	71	93	52	48	70-74	73	71
2013-2014	93	98	88	86	90-94	93	93
2012-2013	95	≥99	92	90	85-89	96	96
2011-2012	96	≥99	92	91	90-94	95	96
2010-2011	96	98	90	92	85-89	97	97

Reading/language arts[edit]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:^[6]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	73	90	57	49	70-74	73	73
2017-2018	70	88	56	46	60-64	71	71
2016-2017	70	89	55	44	60-64	70	71
2015-2016	70	89	53	45	60-64	72	71
2014-2015	67	87	53	44	60-64	70	67
2013-2014	≥99	≥99	≥99	97	≥95	≥99	≥99
2012-2013	≥99	≥99	98	96	≥95	≥99	≥99
2011-2012	≥99	≥99	98	97	≥95	≥99	≥99
2010-2011	98	98	96	95	≥95	≥99	≥99

Graduation rates[edit]

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:^[6][7]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2017-2018	94	97	≥95	90	≥50	90-94	94
2016-2017	94	≥95	90-94	89	≥50	90-94	95
2015-2016	93	≥95	90-94	85	≥80	90-94	94
2014-2015	94	≥95	90-94	85-89	≥50	≥95	95
2013-2014	90	≥95	90-94	75-79	N/A	≥90	92
2012-2013	90	≥95	80-84	75-79	≥50	≥90	91
2011-2012	88	≥95	80-84	65-69	≥50	≥90	90
2010-2011	86	90-94	80-89	70-74	≥50	80-89	88

Student enrollment[edit]

Year[8]	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2018-2019	49,346	3.4
2017-2018	47,732	3.2
2016-2017	46,238	4.4
2015-2016	44,286	4.4
2014-2015	42,435	4.3
2013-2014	40,691	4.7
2012-2013	38,850	4.3
2011-2012	37,262	3.7
2010-2011	35,920	5.0
2009-2010	34,208	5.7
2008-2009	32,374	5.6
2007-2008	30,655	8.8
2006-2007	28,171	10.1
2005-2006	25,593	8.4
2004-2005	23,612	7.0
2003-2004	22,067	8.1
2002-2003	20,407	8.2
2001-2002	18,860	10.1
2000-2001	17,131	9.1
1999-2000	15,703	9.8
1998-1999	14,299	10.7
1997-1998	12,920	12.2
1996-1997	11,519	11.4
1995-1996	10,342	12.0
1994-1995	9,237	7.1
1993-1994	8,625	4.5
1992-1993	8,256	4.6
1991-1992	7,892	1.9
1990-1991	7,742	3.4
1989-1990	7,489	5.0
1988-1989	7,130	2.7
1987-1988	6,940	3.1
1986-1987	6,730	-

About the district[edit]

Forsyth County Schools is located in Forsyth County, Georgia. It is classified as a large suburban school district by the National Center for Education Statistics. The district served 49,346 students during the 2018-2019 school year and comprised 39 schools.^[9]

During the 2018-2019 school year, 15.4% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 6.4% were English language learners, and 13.0% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP)An IEP is a specific education plan that is tailored to the needs of a student with a disability. It describes how the student learns most effectively, formulates goals for the student and considers their ability in relation to general curriculum..^[10]

Racial Demographics, 2018-2019
Race	Forsyth County Schools (%)	Georgia K-12 students (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.4	0.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	21.4	4.2
Black	4.1	36.6
Hispanic	13.8	16.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	3.2	3.8
White	56.9	39.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Contact information[edit]

Forsyth County Schools
1120 Dahlonega Highway
Cumming, GA 30040
Phone: 770-887-2461

See also[edit]

Georgia	School Board Elections	News and Analysis
List of school districts in Georgia Public education in Georgia	Georgia school board elections, 2021	Analysis of spending in America's largest school districts United States school shootings, 1990-present

External links[edit]

• Search Google News for this topic
• Forsyth County Schools
• Georgia Department of Education
• Georgia School Boards Association

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