Oglethorpe County School Board

Using parent input, Oglethorpe County Superintendent Beverley Levine (left), Board of Education chair Becky Soto and the BOE decided to move the start date of the 2026-27 school year to Aug. 7. The 2026-27 school calendar also features shorter breaks. (Photo/Cassidy Hettesheimer)

Using parent input, Oglethorpe County Superintendent Beverley Levine (left), Board of Education chair Becky Soto and the BOE decided to move the start date of the 2026-27 school year to Aug. 7. The 2026-27 school calendar also features shorter breaks. (Photo/Cassidy Hettesheimer)

Schools have later start, fewer long breaks in 2026-27

Ansley Gavlak
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The Oglethorpe County School System will push back the start of the 2026-27 school year by one week to Friday, Aug. 7, according to the recently approved academic calendar. School began on Friday, Aug. 1 this year.
Beverley Levine

Beverley Levine

Levine to retire at the end of school year

News Staff
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Beverley Levine, superintendent of the Oglethorpe County School System, plans to finish the school year and then retire, she stated in a letter to faculty and staff last Friday.
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BOE approves literacy coach, personnel for new school year

Lucy Grey Shields
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Oglethorpe County Board of Education approved personnel recommendations for the 2025-2026 school year during its Tuesday meeting, including a new literacy coach for the elementary school.Rebecca Crook will take the role of instructional literacy coach at OCES.
Carl Young (from left), who works at OCHS, Lori Hall (OCES), Madison Phillips (OCMS) and Everneda Moore (OCPS) were recognized as the Oglethorpe County Board of Education classified employees of the year at the BOE meeting on Tuesday. They were chosen by their peers for the recognition. (McCain Bracewell/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Carl Young (from left), who works at OCHS, Lori Hall (OCES), Madison Phillips (OCMS) and Everneda Moore (OCPS) were recognized as the Oglethorpe County Board of Education classified employees of the year at the BOE meeting on Tuesday. They were chosen by their peers for the recognition. (McCain Bracewell/The Oglethorpe Echo)

BOE recognizes classified employees of the year

McCain Bracewell
Thursday, November 7, 2024
 The Oglethorpe County Board of Education celebrated the classified employees of the year at each of the schools during its monthly meeting Tuesday night.
School buses sit outside the Oglethorpe County transportation office on Oct. 22, 2022. (Photo/Megan Fitzgerald)

School buses sit outside the Oglethorpe County transportation office on Oct. 22, 2022. (Photo/Megan Fitzgerald)

School closings are group decisions

Zeke Palermo
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
When Oglethorpe County experienced recent freezing temperatures, students across the county held their breath each morning hoping for school closures or delays.
Superintendent Beverley Levine and members of the Oglethorpe County Board of Education meet in the Central Office for the first time since the building flooded in December. (MCCAIN BRACEWELL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Superintendent Beverley Levine and members of the Oglethorpe County Board of Education meet in the Central Office for the first time since the building flooded in December. (MCCAIN BRACEWELL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Enrollment numbers on rise at every school

McCain Bracewell
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Enrollment in Oglethorpe County schools increased by 88 students from last year and 132 from two years ago this year. The numbers don’t include pre-K or special needs preschool students.   Total enrollment is 2,259 students, an increase from 2,171 last August and 2,127 in 2021.
The Oglethorpe County Board of Education’s Susan Robinson (from left), Tim Poole, Beverley Levine, Becky Soto and Jake Willcox meet on July 20. They selected Guillermo Camacho to fill the vacated District 1 seat. (MCCAIN BRACEWELL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

The Oglethorpe County Board of Education’s Susan Robinson (from left), Tim Poole, Beverley Levine, Becky Soto and Jake Willcox meet on July 20. They selected Guillermo Camacho to fill the vacated District 1 seat. (MCCAIN BRACEWELL/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Camacho selected to fill District 1 BOE seat

McCain Bracewell
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Guillermo Camacho was selected to fill the District 1 seat on the Oglethorpe County Board of Education at its meeting on July 20.    He replaces Collin Cherry, who resigned from the position on May 23 to pursue the school system’s transportation director position.