The Cherokee County School Board at its regular meeting on Thursday, March 19, 2026, adopted the tentative budget for next school year, which invests more than ever in resources positively impacting students, teachers and support staff, and school safety and security, without increasing the historic low millage rate.
The Board also considered the future use of the current Cherokee High School campus and voted to renovate the current Cherokee North to reopen it in August 2028 as Canton Elementary School, with the main campus to be appraised and advertised for sale, with proceeds supporting career readiness and other vocational educational programs at each of the district’s high schools and programs. Construction of the new replacement campus for Cherokee HS, funded by the voter-approved Education-SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax), is within budget and on schedule to open this August.
During the meeting, the Board approved the first readings of new policies and policy updates to increase student academic ownership through adjustments in grading, promotion and retention practices, the role of student learning devices in classrooms, and how social media may be used in schools; and appointed new assistant principals and district leaders for next school year…