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responsible for public K-12 education. Suffolk has multiple advanced/honors through its high schools, such as

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at King's Fork, Project Lead the Way Engineering at Nansemond River, and Project Lead the Way Biomedical at Lakeland. The Superintendent of Schools is Dr. John B. Gordon III. The Chief of Schools is Dr. Stenette Bryd, III and Chief Academic Officer is Dr. Okema Branch. The school system operates 11

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s, one alternative center and one College and Career Academy.

History

Schools

Elementary schools

* Booker T. Washington Elementary School * Creekside Elementary School * Elephant's Fork Elementary School * Florence Bowser Elementary School * Hillpoint Elementary School * Kilby Shores Elementary School * Mack Benn, Jr. Elementary School * Nansemond Parkway Elementary School * Northern Shores Elementary School * Oakland Elementary School * Southwestern Elementary School

Middle schools

* Colonel Fred Cherry Middle School * Forest Glen Middle School * John F. Kennedy Middle School * John Yeates Middle School * King's Fork Middle School

High schools

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* Lakeland High School *

Nansemond River High School Nansemond River High School is a public secondary school in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It opened in September 1990 and originally consisted of students from two of the three former high schools of Suffolk, now middle schools, John F. Kenn ...

Alternative Center

* College & Career Academy At Pruden * Turlington Woods Alternative School

Former schools

* Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (1911–1990) * Booker T. Washington High School (1913–1969) * Florence Bowser Elementary School (1920–2016) * Suffolk High School (1922–1990) * Chuckatuck High School (1924–1965) * East Suffolk Elementary School (1929–1979) * East Suffolk High School (1938–1965) * Nansemond County Training School (1924–1964) * Southwestern High School (1964–1970) * Chuckatuck Junior High School (1965–1977) * John F. Kennedy High School (1965–1990) * John Yeates High School (1965–1990) * Forest Glen High School (1965–1990) * Southwestern Elementary School (1970–2014) * Driver Elementary School (1968–2018)

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.spsk12.net/ School divisions in Virginia Education in Suffolk, Virginia