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Newport News Public Schools
Communitities Committed to Learning
Location
Newport News, Virginia, United States
Information
School type	Public, School District
School board	Everette A. Hicks, Sr.(Chairman) Michael W. "Mike" Wagner (Vice-chairman) Carlton Ashby Dr. William J. Collins, III Betty Dixon Richard B. Donaldson, Jr Debbie Johnston
Superintendent	Dr. Ashby Kilgore
Staff	2,400
Enrollment	31,700 (2007-08)
Athletics conference	Peninsula District Eastern Region
Website	http://www.nnschools.org/

Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) is the public education system for residents of Newport News, Virginia. As of October 2006, NNPS had an enrollment of 31,700.^[1] The district employs about 5,000 people, including 2,400 teachers.

[edit] Organization

NNPS is run by an eight-member School Board of elected officials. Seven of the eight are elected in a ward voting system, while the eighth is selected at-large from the entire city. The policies of the School Board are implemented by a superintendent. Dr. Ashby Kilgore is the current superintendent.

In 2008, for the fourth year in a row, Newsweek magazine¹s list of top public high schools [1] includes five Newport News schools. Newsweek ranked high schools measured by enrollment as well as access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes.

[edit] Schools

The schools of NNPS are divided into the three standard levels of American primary and secondary education. The division educates over 31,000 children in 5 early childhood/preschool centers, 26 elementary schools serving grades K-5, 7 middle schools serving grades 6-8, 1 combined middle and high school serving grades 6-12, and 5 high schools serving grades 9-12. View directory of Newport News schools.

[edit] Accreditation

As of September 2009, all NNPS schools were fully accredited by the state, and 27 schools satisfied the federal government's regulations for Adequate Yearly Progress. ^[2]

[edit] Non-Traditional Programs

NNPS offers several programs that differ from a traditional educational curriculum. Among them:

• The Aviation Academy, located at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, teaches high school students with an emphasis on engineering, particularly in the field of aviation. The academy also offers students a Pilot Ground School course.
• The Enterprise Academy, an alternative school for students who have been suspended or expelled from their schools or have spent time in correctional facilities, places an emphasis on business.
• The Telecommunications Center, teaches students about television broadcasting while running WPNB Channel 47, a cable channel, providing residents of Newport News with information about NNPS.

[edit] Former schools, reuse

In 2009, the Newport News School board voted to move the Denbigh Early Childhood Center pre-school program to the site of the current Reservoir Middle School. The middle school closed in June 2009, and the new full-day pre-school program will re-open in its new home in September 2009.

The building on Warwick Boulevard which formerly housed Homer L. Ferguson High School, which closed in 1996, has been remodeled as part of the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts at Christopher Newport University.

John W. Daniel School operated until 1960, and then served as the first home of Christopher Newport College (now a university). Newport News High School was closed in 1971; from 1971 to 1980, it served as Newport News Intermediate School, and is now used for U.S. Navy housing.

The building which housed the former George Washington Carver High School is now Flora D. Crittenden Middle School.

In 1927, Woodrow Wilson High School was acquired in the annexation of the incorporated town of Kecoughtan, formerly in Elizabeth City County.

About the same time, a new Booker T. Washington High School was built on the site of the old school on Chestnut Avenue.

In 1936, a new Collis P. Huntington High School was built, and the old school building became an elementary school. [2]

[edit] School bus fleet

Newport News Public Schools has 408 school buses plus three activity buses. There are two satellite lots: Reservoir lot and Newsome Park lot. Another, S.C.O.T., is the main lot where the garage is located and drivers apply for jobs. Right now the fleet following models.

• 1989 Blue Bird Ford (retired)
• 1995 Blue Bird TC2000 RE
• 1996 Blue Bird TC2000 FE
• 1998 AmTran Genesis FE
• 2000 AmTran FE
• 2001 AmTran FE
• 2002 Thomas Saf-T-Liner EF
• 2003 International FE
• 2003 International IC
• 2004 IC CE
• 2005 Blue Bird Vision
• 2006 Blue Bird Vision
• 2007 IC CE
• 2008 IC CE

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Newport News Public Schools. "Student Demographics". http://sbo.nn.k12.va.us/schools/. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
2. ^ Cathy Grimes (2009-08-14). "More Schools Meet Achievement Goals". Daily Press, Newport News, VA. 

[edit] External links

• Newport News Public Schools (Official site)
• Directory of Newport News Schools
• Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools 2006

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