Carlton J. Kell High School

      Carlton J. Kell High School
      Location
      4770 Lee Waters Rd.
      Marietta, Georgia,  United States
      Coordinates 34°03′50″N 84°30′56″W / 34.06394°N 84.51542°W / 34.06394; -84.51542Coordinates: 34°03′50″N 84°30′56″W / 34.06394°N 84.51542°W / 34.06394; -84.51542
      Information
      Type Public High School
      School district Cobb County School District
      Principal Mr. Ed Wagner
      Faculty 209
      Grades 9–12
      Enrollment 1,818
      Campus Suburban
      Color(s) copper and black         
      Mascot Longhorn
      Newspaper The inK wELL[citation needed]
      Yearbook The Longhorn
      Website KHS

      Carlton J. Kell High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District in Georgia. The school is located in Marietta, Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta. The school was founded in 2002 and serves 1,818 students in the Cobb County area. It is also an Advanced Placement Certified School. The school mascot is the Longhorn, and the school colors are copper, black, and white. The school has 411 (157 of whom are teachers) staff and faculty in all.[1] As of 2012 the principal is Mr. Ed Wagner. Among Kell's rivals is Lassiter High School in which Kell has a 3-2 record against in football and have also beaten in girls Fast Pitch for the 2009 Region Championship.

      History

      Coach Carlton J. "Corki" Kell worked for Cobb County for thirty years. He completed a long career as the athletic director for the county. He was the former head football coach at Wheeler High School. He was also involved with instrumental in creating the High School Football Classic in 1992. The first Classic was the first game ever played inside the Georgia Dome, even before any professional or college team played there.[2]

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      Student and Faculty Statistics

      Teachers

      • 19 English teachers
      • 8 PE teachers
      • 18 math teachers
      • 16 science teachers
      • 14 Social Studies teachers
      • 25 special education teachers
      • 20 other faculty
      • 5 parapro Teachers
      • 7 fine arts teachers
      • 12 Career Tech teachers
      • 10 foreign language teachers
      • 1 AVID teacher

      Everyone

      • 1,811 Students
      • 157 teachers
      • 411 staff and faculty in all
      • 214 school staff
      • 59 school staff
      • 198 school faculty
      • 133 school teachers
      • 141 actual teachers in all

      Administration

      • Mr. Ed Wagner, Principal
      • Dr. Peter Giles, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
      • Dr. Susan Stoddard, Assistant Principal
      • Ms. Camille Gomez, Assistant Principal
      • Ms. Deborah Marker, Asst Administrator
      • Ms. Dana Carlton, Asst Administrator
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      Mission and Beliefs

      The Mission of Kell High School is to cultivate student achievement through the utilization of rigorous performance-based curriculum and to foster a lifelong love of learning through the development of supportive relationships.

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      Clubs and organizations

      Sports

      • Football
      • Soccer
      • Lacrosse
      • Basketball
      • Wrestling
      • Tennis
      • Cross Country
      • Track and Field
      • Swim and Dive
      • Baseball
      • Gymnastics
      • Softball
      • Golf
      • Volleyball

      Longhorn Baseball

      Kell has placed 2nd in the state of Georgia and 2nd in their region. They have been to the playoffs two times in the past two years capturing the state runner-up championship in 2006 [3]

      Longhorn Football

      In the 2010 season Kell went undefeated in the regular season, 10-0, the best record in school history. The longhorns then went on to the first round of the playoffs beating South Forsyth 49-7. In the next round Kell barely edged out a victory over Flowery Branch 21-13. Kell came up short against Statesboro losing 7-17, ending their undefeated record.[4]

      The Longhorns have opened their season in the Corky Kell Classic in the Georgia Dome since 2010.

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      Alumni

      Notable alumni include:

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      Controversy

      Mishandled Funds

      In fall of 2003, an audit found that the school had an outstanding debt, most of which centered on male athletics. Cobb officials forced out principal John Flatt and athletics director Dennis Jordan. Former associate athletics director Todd Downes was suspended from his teaching job for 20 days. Head football coach Greg Vandagriff also was punished for accepting a gift from a vendor and was suspended for 5 days and reassigned to Kennesaw Mountain High School.[6]

      While fired as coaches, Coach Vandagriff and Coach Downes will stay on as teachers. Mr. Flatt retired after the results of an audit showed he'd overspent as much as $200,000.[7] Coach Downes left after the 2003/2004 school to become a physical education teacher at Daniell Middle School, another Cobb County school. He is now a fastpitch softball coach/consultant at Georgia Tech. Coach Vandagriff left in November of the 2003/2004 school year to become a teacher and the head football coach at Woodward Academy, a private military school in Fulton County Georgia. He is still there.

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      References

      1. ^ http://www.cobbk12.org/~kell/faculty.htm Kell High School Faculties
      2. ^ Georgia Dome - Events & Ticketing - The Kell Powerade Classic
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      5. ^ http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story_sports/13957288/article-Morgan-leads-local-draft-crop?instance=secondary_story_left_column
      6. ^ Welcome to stacks.ajc.com
      7. ^ Welcome to stacks.ajc.com
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      External links

      GHSA Class AAAA Region 5
      Sub-Region A
      Sub-Region B
      External Links
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