Dougherty County School System -

Albany, Ga. — Monroe Comprehensive High School announced that Student Body President Antonio Guest, Jr. has been selected to the 2025–2026 Georgia State School Superintendent’s...

ALBANY, Ga. — The Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) has named Dougherty County School System Secondary Social Studies Content Coordinator Jasamine Dixon as its new P...

We are excited to announce that the Dougherty County School System will be celebrating National School Lunch Week from October 20-24, 2025! This year’s theme, “Taste The World: Yo...

ALBANY, Ga. – The Dougherty County School System (DCSS) once again outpaced the state of Georgia in high school graduation rates, marking the fifth consecutive year the district ...

ALBANY -- Officials broke ground on a new phase of construction projects at Westover Comprehensive High School, paving the way for a new Health and P.E. complex as well as a new t...

ALBANY, Ga. – Dr. John W. Culbreath, who made history as the first African American superintendent of the Dougherty County School System and served from 1995 to 2001, died Tuesda...

ALBANY, GA – Marrisa Merrell has been selected to serve as the principal for Radium Springs Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year. Merrell was named principal following a ...

ALBANY, GA – Lakisha Bobbitt, who ended the 2025 school year as the principal at Radium Springs Middle School, will start the new school year as the principal at Dougherty Compreh...

ALBANY, Ga. — Two Dougherty County School System educators have been selected to participate in the 2025 Georgia Council for the Social Studies Summer Learning Institute. Efash...

ALBANY, GA — The Dougherty County School System’s (DCSS) Human Resources Department has been recognized by the Georgia Association of School Personnel Administrators (GASPA) with ...

ALBANY - Beverly Truitt-Cosby, a longtime teacher at International Studies Elementary Charter School, was named the 2025 District Teacher of the Year during a banquet Wednesday ...

ALBANY — The Dougherty County Board of Education voted Monday to name Whitney Webb as the district’s new Early Literacy Coordinator following a recommendation from Superintenden...

ALBANY — Amanda Holmes will become the new principal at Sherwood Acres Elementary School following a vote from the Dougherty County Board of Education Monday evening, after bein...

ALBANY — Dr. Calvin Poole will serve as the principal at Merry Acres Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year after the Dougherty County Board of Education voted Monday to ac...

ALBANY — Dr. Shanekia Williams will become the district’s next Director of Curriculum and Instruction following the end of the school year after the Dougherty County Board of Ed...

ALBANY — The Dougherty County Board of Education voted Monday to accept Superintendent Kenneth Dyer’s recommendation to name Cheryl Smith the Executive Director for the CTAE (Ca...

ALBANY — Yvette Simmons, the principal at Sherwood Acres Elementary School, will transition to serve as the district’s Director of the Exceptional Students Program following a v...

ALBANY — Dr. Thelma Chunn, the principal of Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet School, has been named Associate Superintendent for District Effectiveness by the Dougherty County Boar...

ALBANY -- The National Beta Club at Lamar Reese Magnet School has proudly been named a 2025 National Beta All Star Service award winner. The club earned this award by spending an...

ALBANY - DCSS High School students won the three top awards of a statewide art contest focused on celebrating the courts and law. The Judicial Council of Georgia/Administrati...