Hough High School | Photo by Jason Benavides
BACK TO SCHOOL | By Dave Vieser
Aug. 23. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools open on Monday August 26 including all four in Cornelius: Cornelius Elementary, JV Washam Elementary, Bailey Middle School, and Hough High School.
All four schools are located east of I 77.
Please keep an eye out for kids and school buses.
Background
The CMS schools in Cornelius have been recognized as among the best system-wide.
“While no educational system is perfect, we are truly blessed with high-performance local schools. The quality of our public education is a significant ingredient for our quality of life,” said Mayor Woody Washam, himself a product of CMS.
• Cornelius Elementary School is located at 21126 Catawba Ave., not far from the library. Jessica Holbrook is the principal and the school serves students in grades K-5.
There are students from more than 10 countries and they speak 16 languages in addition to English.
It is one of the older schools in the region, dating back to 1930. That said, voters approved a bond issue last fall which will cover the cost of building a new school on existing CMS property behind the current location.
Phone: 980-343-3905
• JV Washam Elementary School is located at 9611 Westmoreland Road. Jaime Tecza is the principal and the school, like Cornelius Elementary, also serves students in grades K-5. It’s the newer and larger of the two elementary schools in town, having opened in 2006.
Phone: 980-343-1071
• Bailey Middle School is located on Bailey Road, less than a mile mile east of Hwy. 115. The school serves grades 6-8 and the principal is Jason Bissinger. In addition to serving Cornelius students in those grades, some students who live in Huntersville also attend the school. The school opened in 2006.
Phone: 980-343-1068
• Hough High School is also located on Bailey Road east of Bailey Middle. It’s the newest school in Cornelius, having opened in 2010 and serving grades 9-12. As with Bailey Middle School, some students from Huntersville also attend Hough.
Phone: 980-344-051
This year’s bell schedule:
Cornelius Elementary: 8:45 am to 3:45 pm.
JV Washam Elementary: 7:45 am to 2:45 pm
Bailey Middle School: 9:15 am to 4:15 pm
Hough High: 7:15 am to 2:15 pm.
