Bessemer City Schools

Bessemer City Schools are administered by the Bessemer Board of Education to serve the City of Bessemer. Its offices are located at 1621 5th Avenue North.

The superintendent is Fred Primm, Jr. The system's total average daily enrollment for the 2010–2011 school year is 4,555.

Board of Education

• Vera Eades, District 1
• Earlean Cochran, District 2, president
• Renna' Soles Scott, District 3, vice-president
• Sam Morris, District 4
• Darlene Perkins, District 5
• Claire Mitchell, District 6
• Hattie Aikerson, District 7

Superintendents

• J. Clyde Orr, 1936–1948
• Larry Wilson, –1993
• Nick Nicholson, 1993–1999
  • Mike Russell (interim), 1999–2001
• Linda Houghton, 2001–2003
  • Seth Goldman (interim), 2003–2004
• Deborah Horn, 2004–2008
• Michael Foster, 2008–2011
• Fred Primm, Jr, 2011–present

Schools

• Abrams Elementary School
• Charles F. Hard Elementary School
• Jonesboro Elementary School
• Westhills Elementary School
• Bessemer City Middle School, opened 2013
• New Horizon Alternative School
• Bessemer Center for Technology
• Bessemer City High School, opened 2010

Former schools

• Arlington School (Bessemer), 1908–1986
• Bessemer High School, 1910–1970
• Dunbar High School, 1923–1960
• Bessemer Junior High School/James A. Davis Middle School, 1953-2013
• Abrams High School, 1960–1987
• Jess Lanier High School, 1970–2009

External link

• Bessemer City Schools website