School Liaison Services

Room 180, Building 132
334-255-9812

John Jennings,
School Liaison Officer

 
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

 

 

MISSION
The School Liaison Program exists to help children who’s parents are soldiers with their education needs. The Liaison Officer works in partnership with local schools and the Fort Rucker community to provide caring adults to provide the best possible educational experience for military youth.
  • Mobilizing and using community resources to reduce the impact of the mobile military lifestyle on military children and youth
  • Implementing predictable support services that assist children and youth with relocations, life transitions, and achieving academic success
  • Providing access for parents, children and youth, schools, commanders, and communities to a wide range of resources that facilitate school transitions

SLO AREA SCHOOLS INFORMATION
Students living on Fort Rucker will attend school on Fort Rucker at the Fort Rucker Primary and Elementary Schools for grades pre kindergarten through the sixth grade. Beginning in the seventh grade students may attend Daleville, Enterprise or Ozark City Schools. All three school systems provide bus transportation from all housing areas on post. The choice is up to each student's family. All three school systems are on a block scheduling system for high school.

Daleville, Enterprise, Ft. Rucker and Ozark schools are signatories to the Military Child Education Coalition Memorandum of Agreement. As signatories, all of these systems have agreed to provide student mentors or sponsors to newly arriving students on a one to one basis in order to get new students incorporated as participating members of their new student body as quickly and comfortably as possible. Please ask for this service when you register with any of these schools. You may also contact the School Liaison Officer at 334-255-9812 for assistance in this area.

For high school students who are transferring to the Ft. Rucker area in the middle of the year from schools with a six or seven period day Coffee County Schools are the only schools in the local area on a traditional schedule. The New Brockton High School is the nearest Coffee County School to Ft. Rucker. It takes about twenty-five minutes to drive to New Brockton from housing areas on Ft. Rucker. At present there is no bus transportation from New Brockton.

Combined School Calendar for the School Year 2007-2008
Combined School Calendar for the School Year 2008-2009

AREA SCHOOL SYSTEMS

 
Coffee County School System
400 Reddoch Hill Road
Elba, AL 36323-1661
(334) 897-5016 Fax (334) 897-6207

Web Site:
http://www.coffeecountyschools.org

The Coffee County School system occupies four campuses in Coffee County. There is one campus located at Kinston that serves grades K-12. There is one Campus at Zion Chapel that also serves grades K-12. There are two campuses in New Brockton. There is a New Brockton Elementary School that serves grades K-6 and New Brockton High School that serves grades 7-12.

There is no school bus transportation from any of Coffee County’s Schools to any location on Ft. Rucker. Parents will have to supply transportation. It is approximately twenty miles one way from housing areas on post to New Brockton High School.

Students who live on post will go to Ft. Rucker Primary and elementary Schools until they have completed the sixth grade and then choose from other area school systems.

If you have a high school student and you are coming from a school with students scheduled in a traditional six or seven period day in the middle of the school year, New Brockton High School is the only high school near Ft. Rucker that has students scheduled for a seven period day. All other local high schools are on a block scheduling system where they attend three classes for about ninety minutes per day and get credit for both semesters of classes in one semester. It is possible to loose a lot of credit coming from traditional to block scheduling in the middle of the school year.

Kinston School serves students K-12. It has an average daily membership of 460 students. There are 29 teachers 95% of whom are rated as highly qualified teachers. 52% of the teachers hold advanced degrees. The telephone number is (334) 565-3016.

New Brockton Elementary School has an average daily membership of 390 students. There are 26 teachers 91% of whom are rated as highly qualified teachers. The telephone number is
(334) 894-6152.

New Brockton High School has an average daily membership of 367 students. There are 22 teachers 93% of whom are rated as highly qualified teachers. The telephone number is
(334) 894-2350.

Zion Chapel School serves students K-12. it has an average daily membership of 367 students. There are 22 teachers 93% of whom are rated as highly qualified teachers. The telephone number is (334) 897-6275.


Daleville City School System
626 North Daleville Ave.
Daleville, AL 36322
(334) 598-2456 Fax (334) 598-9006

Web Site:
http://www.daleville.k12.al.us

Additional information about the Daleville City School System is available from the Alabama State Department of Education at www.alsde.edu.

The Daleville City Schools are located on two campuses in Daleville, Alabama. Windham Elementary School campus is located on Heritage Street in Daleville. It serves grades K-4. Students in grades 5-8 attend Daleville Middle School which shares a campus with Daleville High School serving grades 9-12. The Middle/High School campus is located on Daleville Avenue. The two schools are administered separately and housed in separate halls. School bus transportation is available from all housing areas on Ft. Rucker to Daleville schools.

Students who live on post will go to Ft. Rucker Primary and Elementary schools until they have completed the sixth grade and then choose from three area school systems to attend.

Windham Elementary School has a population of 513 students. There are 35.6 teachers 51% of whom hold advanced degrees. All of the teachers at Windham are certified in their field. 100% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers.  The telephone number is (334) 598-4466.

Daleville Middle School serves a population of 445 students. There are 27 teachers with 37.6% holding advanced degrees. 86.7% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. The DMS has Magnet Classes to introduce 7th and 8th graders to the Performing Arts. Semester-long elective classes currently explore Choral Music, Drama, and Video Production. The band program at Daleville Middle School consists of the Beginner Band serving grades 6-12 and the Intermediate Band and serves students in grades 7 -12. Athletics include boy's football, and basketball as well as girl's volleyball, basketball and softball. The Telephone number is (334) 598-4463.

Daleville High School serves a student population of 483 students. There are 34 teachers with 62% holding advanced degrees. 98% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. The DHS offers AP English in the 12th grade. A unique program at DHS is college credit classes offered in cooperation with Enterprise-Ozark Community College on the DHS campus. DHS is on the "Block" schedule. Elective classes at DHS include Business, Computer, Military Science, Agribusiness, Family and Consumer Sciences, Foreign Languages and Music. Athletics include boy's football, basketball, soccer and golf as well as girl's volleyball, basketball, softball and cheerleading. There are 13 student clubs to choose from. The telephone number is (334) 598-4461.

Nova Learning Center is a unique educational asset offered by Daleville City Schools to students who are experiencing academic difficulty. Housed in its own building, the Nova Learning Center is staffed by 2 teachers and one administrator. All faculty members hold advanced degrees. The student population varies with the needs of the students in the school system. Students receive intensive instruction, computer assistance and encouragement. This program has been able to reduce the drop out rate of Daleville City Schools to half that of other school systems. The telephone number is (334) 598-4461.

Enterprise City School System
Watts St.
Enterprise, AL 36330
(334) 347-9531 Fax (334) 347-5102


Web sites:
Enterprise High School
  http://ehs.enterpriseschools.net
Enterprise Junior High School  http://ejhs.enterpriseschools.net

Additional information about the Enterprise City School System is available from the Alabama State Department of Education at www.alsde.edu.

Enterprise City Schools are located on ten campuses in Enterprise, Alabama. There are six elementary schools, three junior high schools and one high school in this school system. Students who live on-post and choose to attend Enterprise City Schools will attend school at one of three campuses. Students who live on Ft. Rucker and choose to go to school in Enterprise will attend Coppinville Junior High School for seventh grade; Enterprise Junior High School for grades 8 to 9 and Enterprise High School for grades 10 through 12. There is school bus transportation available from all housing areas on Ft. Rucker to Enterprise schools. Students who live on post will go to Ft. Rucker Primary and Elementary schools until they have completed the sixth grade and then choose one of three local area school systems to attend.

Coppinville Junior High School has a population of 476 students. All seventh graders in Enterprise attend Coppinville Junior High School. There are 26 teachers and administrators 46.7% of who hold advanced degrees. 100% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. The year-long electives offered in the school year 2001-2002 are Art, Band, Choral Music, Reading and Supporting Home And Reclaiming Excellence (SHARE). Additionally students may choose the semester elective courses of Art/Technology or Home Economics/Technology. There are 16 student clubs. The telephone number is (334)347-2215

Enterprise Junior High School has a student population of 477 students. There are 25 faculty members with 53.4% holding advanced degrees. 100% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. One hundred percent of the faculty are teaching full time in their field. English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Physical Education are required eighth grade subjects. Ninth grade students must take Computers and Health. Elective classes include Art, Band and Choral Music. Sports include boy's football and basketball. Girl's sports include basketball, volleyball and cheerleading. Clubs include Art, Athletic, Chess, Computer, Crafts, Garden, Manipulative, Math, Pep, Science, Skate, Student Council, Study Hall, WCAT TV Production and National Junior Honor Society. The telephone number is (334)347-1733

Enterprise High School has a student population of 1299 and a faculty of 77.4 teachers and administrators with 100% the faculty teaching full time in their field. 76.7% of faculty hold advanced degrees. 100% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers.dvanced degrees. 100% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. The EHS is on the "Block" schedule. AP courses are offered in U.S. History, Literature and Composition, Government/Politics, Economics and Calculus. There is a good selection of technical education offerings. There are 42 student clubs. Sports include boys' baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis and soccer. Girl's sports include basketball, softball, tennis, volleyball and soccer. There is a combined boys' and girls' cheerleading team. The telephone number is (334)347-2640.

Enterprise High School was devastated by a tornado on 1 March 2007. Enterprise High School classes are temporarily being held on the Enterprise campus of Enterprise-Ozark Community College while a new high school is being built. Classes are mostly in the afternoons with classes all day on Fridays. Enterprise High School will continue to maintain the same high standards and SACS accreditation it has always had.

Fort Rucker Elementary and Primary DDESS Schools
P.O. Box 620279
Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362
Phone (334) 598-6396 Fax: (334) 598-8622

Web Site:
http://www.am.dodea.edu/rucker

The Fort Rucker Primary and Elementary Schools are part of the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools system. Both schools are fully accredited with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Ft. Rucker Primary School, constructed in 1973, is located approximately 1-½ miles from the Elementary School and serves students Pre-K (four-year-olds) through first grade with a population of approximately 600 students. Ft. Rucker Elementary School houses grades two through six, with a population of approximately 600 students it was constructed in 1963. Students receive a well-rounded education with academics, music, art, physical education, technology, counseling, media services, and special education available. Both schools participate in the Child Nutrition Program, offering both breakfast and lunch for all students. There is also a free- and reduced-meal program. Bus transportation is available for students attending the Primary School and Elementary School. An elected school board comprised of Fort Rucker residents serves in an advisory capacity to the Superintendent. Both schools have been extensively renovated. Both schools have very high technology availability. Both schools are staffed by highly experienced staffs with more than half of them holding advanced degrees. Student scores on the Terra Nova Achievement Tests have been consistently well above national averages.

A child must have attained their fourth, fifth or sixth birthday on or before September 1 to be enrolled in the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade respectively. To be eligible to enroll a child in either school on post, sponsors must be assigned to permanent on post housing or have a letter from housing that says that they will be assigned to housing within one hundred eighty days.  This is not a locally policy and local authorities are not authorized to make exceptions.

Registration is continuous all year except school holidays. To register, a birth certificate or other authoritative proof age, a certificate of immunization (available from Lyster Army Hospital) and the child's social security number are required.

Programs in the Fort Rucker Schools include both special needs and gifted programs. An active after school program that serves students who need additional academic support in all areas as well as student interest programs like band, computers, model building to name just a few is available two days per week. About one third of the student population is involved in these after school programs. Parents, teachers or students can ask to be included in the after school program.

There is a very high degree of parental participation in school programs and activities. There is an active Parent Teacher Association.

School contact information:
Mr. Bill Diesselhorst, Assistant Superintendent (334) 598-6396
Mrs. Deborah Patton, Principal Fort Rucker Primary School (334) 598-4473
Mrs. Barbara Doherty, Principal Fort Rucker Elementary School (334) 598- 4408
E-mail
http://www.am.dodea.edu/rucker/

Ozark City School System
1044 East Andrews Ave.
Ozark, Alabama 36360
(334) 774-5197 Fax (334)774-2685

Web site:

http://www.ozarkcityschools.net/public/

Additional information about Ozark City School System is available from the Alabama State Department of Education at www.alsde.edu.

Ozark City Schools are located on 7 campuses in Ozark, Alabama. There is one kindergarten, three elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one career center. Students who live on-post and choose to attend Ozark City Schools will attend D.A. Smith Middle School for the seventh and eight grade and Carroll High School for ninth grade on up. There is bus transportation available from all housing areas on Ft. Rucker. Unique features of Ozark City Schools are the reading recovery program which was the first in Alabama and a Career Center. Students who live on post will go to Ft. Rucker Primary and Elementary schools until they have completed the sixth grade and then choose one of three local area school systems to attend.

D. A. Smith Middle School has a student population of 585.6 students. There are 35 faculty members with 42.5% holding advanced degrees. 97.2% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. Each student is expected to study English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education and an elective. Elective programs include Art, Band, Technology and Computers. Talented and Gifted and Special Needs instruction is available. Sports include 7th grade and 8th grade boy's basketball, football, girl's basketball, softball, volleyball and cheerleading. The telephone number is (334) 774-4913.

Carroll High School has a student population of 865.6 students. The faculty consists of 49 teachers and administrators. Over half of faculty members hold advanced degrees. 94% of classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. Carroll High School is on the "Block" schedule. AP courses are offered in twelfth grade English and Calculus and eleventh grade History. Courses needed for graduation are listed below. Elective courses at CHS include Accounting, Administrative Office Management, Agri-construction, Anatomy and Physiology, Art, Band, Business and Choral Music. Boys' sports include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, weight lifting, golf, track and field and tennis. Girls' sports include basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis and cheerleading. There are 33 student interest clubs. The telephone number is (334)774-4915.

Carroll High Career Center is a program unique to Ozark. The campus is located across the street from Carroll High School. Courses designed to lead to employment are offered in Building Construction, Cosmetology, Drafting, Electronic Technology, Health Science and Technology, Masonry and Technical Physical Science. The telephone number is (334)774-4949.


Vivian B. Adams School
2047 Stuart Tarter Road
Ozark, Alabama, 36360
Phone (334) 774-5132  Fax (334) 774-3436

Web Site:
http://www.vivianbadams.org

Additional information about Ozark City School System is available from the Alabama State Department of Education at www.alsde.edu.

Vivian B. Adams School serves the special needs students in the Fort Rucker area. Daleville, Enterprise and Ozark City Schools all have excellent Special Needs classes and education facilities. Students whose needs cannot be addressed by programs in the local schools may attend Vivian B. Adams School in Ozark.. Bus transportation to Vivian B. Adams School is available on the school's specially equipped busses from all areas on Fort Rucker.

Please contact Vivian B. Adams School or the Fort Rucker School liaison Officer for more detailed information.

If you live in permanent quarters on post your child will go to school on post in grades pre K-6th. After that you may choose any of the following school systems. If you live off post your child will go to school in the community you choose to live in. Some of these communities have court ordered districting plans in effect that dictate what school your child will attend dependent upon where your home is located.

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Alabama High School Graduation Exam Information www.alsde.edu
Alabama High School Athletic Association http://www.ahsaa.com
Alabama High School Graduation Exam www.alsde.edu/general/Great_Expectations.pdf

All three off post school systems are signatories to the Secondary Education Transition Study memorandum of agreement. All four local school systems are fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a national accrediting agency.

School starts between July 31 and August 5 depending on which school system your child attends.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION INFORMATION
All units listed are Carnegie Units which are equal to a class that lasts at least 140 clock hours. Locally classes can either be 1 semester block scheduled (144 hrs.) or 2 semester regular scheduled (168 hrs.) to earn one Carnegie Unit.

All students must take and pass the Alabama High School Graduation Examination before a state sanctioned diploma is granted. This exam is in addition to units mentioned below. Seniors transferring in will have an opportunity to pass the AHSGE in the fall of their senior year.

Daleville HS grades 9-12, Enterprise HS grades 10-12 and Carroll HS (Ozark) grades 9-12 are all on the “block” scheduling system. In Enterprise ninth grade is not on the “block” scheduling system. New Brockton High School is on a 7-period day.

Course Requirements to get a Diploma


SCHOOL SAFETY

The safety record of the public schools in the Fort Rucker is available on the Alabama State Department of Education web site at www.alsde.edu. Select “reports” on the menu-select by school system. On the next screen toggle reports at the top and system, then select either Daleville, Enterprise or Ozark City School System. Select the most recent report card, hit continue. You can go to the previous page and select by school and get a report on each school also. On the lower left side of the first page of each report is the safety and discipline section that covers school safety. School administrators are required by law to report incidents. Violence is not tolerated in these schools. The rate of reported incidents at public schools in the Fort Rucker area is less than one incident per hundred thousand student days.

IMMUNIZATIONS

According to state and federal law your child must have received the following immunizations in order to register in any school in the Ft. rucker area:
 
1 dose Measles, Mumps, Rubella* 2nd dose Measles, Mumps, Rubella* 1 dose Mumps 3 doses DTP & 3 dose Polio 5 doses DTP & 4 doses Polio** 3 doses Hepatitis B

2 doses Hepatitis A ***

 

1 dose Varicella (Chicken Pox) ****

K-12

K-12 K-12 8-12 K-7 K-5 & 7-12 K-5 & 7-12 K-5

Your child’s shot record will have this information.

REGISTRATION
To register a child at any of these schools you will need the following documents:

1. The child’s Birth Certificate
2. Child’s copy of the blue immunization certificate obtainable from Lyster Army Hospital or your local doctor or State Health Department 347-9574 or 774-3111 based on shot records
3. Child’s Social Security Card
4. Unofficial copies of school records
5. If the child being enrolled is not residing with birth parents, copies of court custody documents will be needed
Register your child at the school they will attend. If you do not know which school that is or have other questions, contact the School Liaison Officer 255-9812

SPECIAL NEEDS
If your child has special needs, these services are available in any of these school systems. Please make these needs known at the time of registration so that you and your child will receive the best possible service from the beginning. Fort Rucker has a very active Exceptional Family Member Program.
Schedule a Annual Review and Dismissal (ARD) meeting to discuss the progress your child has made since your last Individualized Educational Plan review.  Request a copy of your child's IEP.  Hand carry these records.  Army Community Service Exceptional Family Member Coordinator at 334-255-9277.  They can assist you with identifying resources at your next duty station.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

If your child’s native language is not English, there is some limited help available through the public schools. This help may be an hour or less per day with a teacher trained in this area, but not necessarily a person who speaks your child’s language. There is also some help available to all interested parties through local churches and Enterprise State Junior college.

HOME SCHOOL
There are some active home school families on Fort Rucker and there are a number of services available to support you in your home school program. I will be happy to assist you in making contact with other home school families and services available to you.

It is strongly suggested that you register with Dr. Debbie Deas at Ft. Rucker Elementary School 598-6396 ddeas@ftrucker.org so that you may benefit from programs the school makes available to you, free of charge including among other things, specialized classes at the school (in conjunction with normal class schedule) and standardized testing to document your child’s educational progress. Dr. Deas is knowledgeable about services available to you through local churches and other sources.  The State of Alabama requires Home School registration. A form is available for down load from www.alsde.edu . The form can be mailed to: Dr. Debbie Deas at Fort Rucker Elementary School, Red Cloud Road, Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362

PRIVATE SCHOOLS
There are a number of mostly small (15-50 students) private schools available in the Ft. Rucker area. They have all been invited to contribute information about themselves and their programs. They have not all done so. Please contact the school Liaison office for more information.

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
Fort Rucker is beginning a Partners in Education program. Soldiers and civilian employees are authorized to volunteer up to 30 minutes per week with 30 minutes travel time during duty hours. Volunteers do not have to have any special training or skills to be able to make valuable contributions to the program. Schools reciprocate by participating in and supporting on post activities. Fort Rucker, the local communities and all children in local schools benefit. If you are interested in participating in this program, contact the School Liaison Office 255-9812.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Fort Rucker has a Youth Center, Bldg. 2806 telephone 255-9108, located at the corner of Division and Seventh Ave. It offers after school and holiday programs for youth who are in the second grade and older. The Child Development Center Bldg. telephone 255-2262, located on Red Cloud Road offers similar programs for children in first grade and younger. There is also a Family Child Care Program offering child care in a home setting, contact the director of FCC at 255-3446.

Scholarship Information
Smooth Moves - A military student’s point of view

OTHER CONTACTS
ACS Relocation: 334-255-3735
Exceptional Family Member Program: 334-255-9277

The housing at Ft. Rucker is privatized. Ft. Rucker’s housing partner is Picerne Military Housing. For housing information contact them at: www.ruckerpicerne.com or 334-503-3644


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