First Week of School Brings Rise in Enrollment

With the first week of the 2013-14 school year in the books, the Cherokee County School District has already surpassed its projected enrollment for the year.

On Friday, the district's enrollment reached 39,386 students, an increase of 394 students the district saw on its fifth day of classes for the 2012-13 school year.

CCSD saw an additional 39 students enroll on Friday, bringing the number of new students for the school year to 608. With that, the district stated on Friday that it's surpassed by its peak enrollment of 39,359 by 36 students. 

The district's enrollment broken down by the day of the week includes:

• Monday: 38,778, compared to 38,222 last year's first day of school
• Tuesday: 39,138, compared to 38,432 on last year's second day of school
• Wednesday: 39,291, compared to 38,550 on last year's third day of school
• Thursday: 39,347, compared to 38,863 on last year's fourth day of school
• Friday: 39,386, compared to 38,992 on last year's fifth day of school

The district believes enrollment will continue to rise throughout the year. 

Along with more than 38,000 students, the district's 4,400 employees, including about 2,300 teachers, also returned back to their normal school-year schedules this week. 

On Monday, Cherokee's 350 buses in its fleet began their daily mission to transport about 70 percent of the district's population along 1,500 daily routes. 

Cherokee on Monday also opened its new E.T. Booth Middle School, a replacement for its 32-year-old facility that was eventually demolished. The school building is 223,856 square feet and will house students in grades 6 through 8. Booth is slated to have a projected 1,621 students — 523 sixth-grade, 528 seventh-grade and 570 eighth-grade students — for the school year.

The district also christened a new parent entrance at Holly Springs Elementary and new playgrounds at Clayton Elementary and Hickory Flat Elementary schools.

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