Satsuma City School System is a school district in

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serving the city of

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. The Satsuma City School System is served by two schools, Robert E. Lee Elementary (K-6) and Satsuma High School (7-12). Dr. Bart Reeves, is the current Superintendent.

History

Satsuma voted on April 12, 2011, to create its own school system and began the process of forming a school board with plans to start school in the fall of 2012. The Satsuma City Council received 21 applications for the five member board, and following two rounds of interviews the Satsuma Board of Education was formed with the following members being sworn in on June 7, 2011: Linda Robbins, James B. Woosley, Diane Keasler, Jimmy Upton and Pat Hicks. The new board immediately began the work required to separate from the

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. On April 5, 2012, the separation agreement between the two school boards was completed and signed. In June 2012, the

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granted Pre-Clearance to the board, officially establishing the Satsuma City School System. Residents of

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, Creola, and other areas of Mobile County not in the Satsuma city limits and formerly assigned to Satsuma schools were rezoned to North Mobile County

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in Axis and

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.Philips, Rena Havner.
Satsuma sets tuition for out-of-city students at $650
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. April 29, 2012. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.

Operations

non-residents must pay $850 per year per child to send their children to Satsuma schools.Ericson, Sally Pearsall.
Creola ponders its future: 'This whole thing is about schools'
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. August 25, 2013. Retrieved on July 29, 2016. In 2012 the tuition was $650. about 100 students residing in Creola attended Satsuma schools.Ericson, Sally.
Property taxes a key issue in potential Satsuma-Creola schools partnership, attorney says
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. August 21, 2013. Retrieved on July 29, 2016.

References

External links

City of Satsuma School District
School districts in Alabama Education in Mobile County, Alabama 2011 establishments in Alabama School districts established in 2011 {{Alabama-school-stub