is a public High School in the United States for students in Grades 9-12. The school is located in Grayson , Georgia , and has a population of over 3,000 students. Grayson High School serves several areas of Gwinnett County , including Snellville and Loganville .
=General information=
- Construction Started: August 1998
- Land Area: 65 acres
- Building is 354,867 sq. feet in size
- Total Construction Costs: $22,903,000
- Equipped with dozens of security cameras
- 10 Computer labs containing a total of 450 IBM computers, some with CD-burners, laser printers, & scanners
- Media Center has a television studio, edit suites and cameras with teleprompters totaling over $100,000
- 38 Classrooms, 18 Science Labs, 8 Business Ed. Labs, Tech. Ed. Lab/CADD, Marketing Lab & 4 Computer Labs
- Theatre, Drama Classroom, Band Room, Chorus Room, Ortunnel to the football fieldchestra/Strings Room, & 2 Art Rooms
- Gym and Auxiliary Gym
- Weight Room
- 2 elevators
- Most unusual structural feature of the school which took about 18 months to build is a tunnel leading from the school basement to the football field
- The schedule has a 7 period day. 6 periods are composed of regular class. The other period constists of about 21 minutes of lunch and a 21 minute "Advisement" (Study Hall) period.
- The buses arrive around 7:00 A.M. The first bell rings at 7:20 A.M. School officially starts at 7:29 A.M. each day and ends at 2:10 P.M.
=School History=
- The plans for Grayson were started in the mid-90s to lessen the overcrowding of nearby high schools of South Gwinnett and Brookwood . A committee of educators from Gwinnett County met together to create and discuss specifications for the facility. The school officially opened in 2000. Currently, the principal of the school is Keith Chaney.
- The school derived its name from the school that originally joined with Snellville High School to form South Gwinnett in 1957.
- , Principal
- Mr. Stephen Black, Asst. Principal
- Ms. Carrie Booher, Asst. Principal
- Ms. Sheri Hopson, Asst. Principal
- Ms. Isabelle Jones, Asst. Principal
- Ms. Maris King, Asst. Principal
- Ms. Kristie Martin, Asst. Principal
- Mr. Keith O’Carroll, Asst. Principal
- Mr. Mike Phillips, Asst. Principal-Athletic Director
- Ms. Karen H. Rockey, Asst. Principal
- Mr. Wayne Smith, Asst. Principal
- Mr. Paul Waters, Asst. Principal
- Mr. Linda A. Williams, Asst. Principal
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