Christopher Daniels, 6, and his brother Ty'Heim and father, Chris Burley, wait while his mother, Tina, fills out his registration papers for first grade at Craig-Houghton Elementary School. The Augusta Chronicle

The Richmond County school system comprises 59 schools: 10 high schools, 10 middle schools, 36 elementary schools, and two schools for pupils with behavioral problems or emotional needs.

More than 33,000 pupils are enrolled in the school system.

The county has three magnet schools, including John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School for pupils in grades 5-12. Davidson has been ranked the state's top high school by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation several times.

A.R. Johnson Health, Science and Engineering School is composed of grades 9-12. C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School houses grades K-8.

Uniforms are required for all Richmond County pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade. According to the 2003-04 Richmond County Code of Student Conduct and Discipline:

All pants, including jeans, must be of a traditional style without cutouts or holes and without ornamentation. Any denim worn, including jeans, must be solid khaki or solid blue. The garment must be fitted at the waist, worn at the waist, not baggy or oversized and not frayed at the bottom.

Acceptable colors for pants, slacks, skirts, shorts, dresses and jumpers are navy and khaki.

Acceptable colors for tops are solids of red, white, blue and one color of school choice. The school choice may include an appropriate school spirit shirt.

There is no opt-out provision.

For more information on the school system, see the Richmond County Board of Education Web site: www.richmond.k12.ga.us.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

Central office - 737-7200

Transportation - 796-4777

Nutrition - 737-7174

Guidance and testing - 731-8770

Services for exceptional children - 731-8787

HIGH SCHOOLS

Academy of Richmond County, 737-7152

George P. Butler, 796-4959

Cross Creek, 772-8140

John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet, 823-6924

Glenn Hills, 796-4924

Hephzibah, 592-2089

A.R. Johnson Health, Science and Engineering, 823-6933

T.W. Josey, 737-7360

Lucy C. Laney, 823-6900

Westside, 868-4030

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

East Augusta, 823-6960

Glenn Hills, 796-4705

Hephzibah, 592-4534

Langford, 737-7301

Morgan Road, 796-4992

Murphey, 737-7350

Sego, 796-4944

Spirit Creek, 592-3987

Tubman, 737-7250

Tutt, 737-7288

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Barton Chapel, 796-4955

Bayvale, 737-7255

Blythe, 592-4090

Ursula Collins, 823-6922

Copeland, 737-7228

Craig-Houghton, 823-6946

Freedom Park, 796-8428

T. Harry Garrett, 737-7222

Glenn Hills, 796-4942

Goshen, 796-4646

Gracewood, 796-4969

Hains, 796-4918

Hephzibah, 592-4561

W.S. Hornsby, 823-6928

Jamestown, 796-4760

Jenkins-White, 737-7320

Lake Forest Hills, 737-7317

Joseph R. Lamar, 737-7262

McBean, 592-3723

Meadowbrook, 796-4915

A. Brian Merry, 737-7185

John Milledge, 737-7260

Monte Sano, 868-3650

National Hills, 737-7266

Sue Reynolds, 855-2540

Roy E. Rollins, 796-4972

Southside, 796-4952

Terrace Manor, 796-4910

Tobacco Road, 796-4658

C.T. Walker, 823-6950

Warren Road, 737-7225

Wheeless Road, 796-4985

Wilkinson Gardens, 737-7219

Willis Foreman, 592-3991

Windsor Spring Road, 796-4939

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Superintendent Charles G. Larke, 737-7200

Board President Jeff Padgett, District 8, 793-6689

Vice President Eloise Curtis, District 2, 722-4020

District 1, Marion Barnes, 736-8932

District 3, John Seitz, 737-0654

District 4, Andrew Jefferson, 798-7828

District 5, Y.N. Myers, 793-2988

District 6, Barbara Padgett, 798-2273

District 7, Ken Echols, 868-8680

District 9, Johnny Hatney, 722-5035

District 10, Helen Minchew, 860-1178