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Through
the years…..
Hillsboro Elementary School was built in 1958
and consisted of 10 classrooms for grades 1-8, a cafeteria, a
gymnasium/auditorium, and administrative offices. In 1963 the school was
changed to grades 1-6. Kindergarten rooms and another classroom were added in
1973 with an entire new wing being built in 1981 to provide a library and 5
more classrooms. Still the population increased. A portable classroom was
added in 1987. Additional portable classrooms were needed until the total
reached five by 1992.
The sixth
grade was moved to the Coffee
County Middle
School in 1995. A Family Resource
Center was established
in our school the same year, adding preschool classes for at-risk children.
In 1996 a new wing with 9 additional classrooms, student restrooms, a
cafeteria and kitchen, and a teacher workroom was opened.
Remodeling of
the old cafeteria area was completed in 1997 to house administrative offices,
a Kindergarten classroom, a volunteer workroom, and a
Writing to Read Lab.
In 1998 the
school qualified as school-wide Title I. This allowed the creation of a
Computer Lab accessible to every student in the school with regularly
scheduled classes.
At The
Present…..
Hillsboro Elementary School serves students from
preschool through the fifth grade, with a present enrollment of 458. We house
twenty-three regular classrooms, as well as various special area classes. We
are a school that encourages academic excellence, parental involvement, and
community support.
Hillsboro
Elementary has received the 21st Century Schools Award since 1994 from the
Tennessee Department of Education. The award indicates that our school has
received exemplary status for meeting the goals in academic achievement,
attendance, and promotion. In 1997 we were the first elementary school in the
Coffee County school system to receive
accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. We look
forward to continuing to serve our students and community with the same high
standards that have governed our school through the years.
In the Future…..
At present, CCBOE is planning an
addition to HES. The addition is set
to begin in June 2009 and will be completed in August 2010. This is still in the planning stages at
this time, but when complete HES will be large enough to hold 700
students.
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