Fayette County Public Schools (Kentucky)

Fayette County Public Schools is a school district based in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

The district serves all of Fayette County, which is coextensive with the city of Lexington.

Administration

Board of Education

The Fayette County Board of Education consists of members elected to four year terms from five districts, as well as the Superintendent. Districts 1, 3, and 5 hold elections in presidential election years, while Districts 2, and 4 hold elections in mid-term years.

The board holds two meetings each month, both open to the public. The first meeting of the month is an agenda planning meeting, while official action is taken at the second meeting. The second meeting of each month is televised locally on cable channel 13 and streamed on the district's Web site.

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

Middle schools

Beaumont Middle School
Bryan Station Middle School
Crawford Middle School
E.J. Hayes Middle School
Jessie Clark Middle School
Leestown Middle School
Lexington Traditional Magnet School
Morton Middle School
Southern Middle School
Tates Creek Middle School
Winburn Middle School

Combined middle/high schools

Carter G. Woodson Academy — An all-boys college preparatory program for grades 6–12, aimed mainly at minority students.^[1] The program is currently housed at Crawford Middle School, but will move to Douglass High once it opens.^[2]

4-8 schools

School for the Creative and Performing Arts

Primary schools

Arlington Elementary School
Ashland Elementary School
Athens Elementary School
Breckinridge Elementary School
Cardinal Valley Elementary School
Cassidy Elementary School
Clays Mill Elementary School
Coventry Oak Elementary School
Deep Springs Elementary School
Dixie Elementary School
J.R. Ewan Elementary School
Garden Springs Elementary School
Garrett Morgan Elementary School
Glendover Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School
Johnson Elementary School
Landsowne Elementary School
Julius Marks Elementary School
Maxwell Elementary School
Meadowthorpe Elementary School
Millcreek Elementary School
Northern Elementary School
Rosa Parks Elementary School
Picadome Elementary School
Russell Cave Elementary School
Sandersville Elementary School
Southern Elementary School
Squires Elementary School
Stonewall Elementary School
Tates Creek Elementary School
Mary Todd Elementary School
Veterans Park Elementary School
Booker T. Washington Elementary School
William Wells Brown Elementary School
Yates Elementary School

Magnet Programs

FCPS offers many magnet programs with varying entrance requirements.

Magnets without entrance criteria

Dixie Elementary Individually Prescribed Education
Maxwell Spanish Immersion

Magnets with entrance criteria

Ashland Elementary Accelerated Cluster
Meadowthorpe Elementary Accelerated Cluster
SCAPA Bluegrass- -
Winburn Middle Accelerated Cluster
Liberal Arts Academy at Henry Clay High
Math, Science, and Technology Center at Paul Laurence Dunbar High
SCAPA Lafayette
Pre-Engineering at Lafayette

Lottery magnets with entrance criteria

Bryan Station Traditional Middle
Lexington Traditional Middle

References

^ Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (December 28, 2014). "Fayette's Carter G. Woodson Academy for boys shows promising early results". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (February 4, 2015). "State approves a new Fayette County high school; construction could begin in June". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

External links

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[1] Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (December 28, 2014). "Fayette's Carter G. Woodson Academy for boys shows promising early results". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[New_high_school-2] Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (February 4, 2015). "State approves a new Fayette County high school; construction could begin in June". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

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