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About King George County Schools
A message from our Superintendent
Approximately
4,174 students attend three elementary schools, one middle school
and one high school.
The Virginia Standards of Learning and No Child Left
Behind Legislation provide the frameworks for what is taught at each grade level
in all of the schools in King George County. Each child is viewed as a unique
person with individual interests and differences. Curriculum and instruction is
designed to meet the needs of the students it serves. Low pupil-teacher ratios
help to facilitate differentiated instruction for students at each grade level.
The general community, local businesses and civic
organizations are very involved with, and support, each school in a variety of
ways. Active PTA/PTSA organizations also support each school.
Excerpted from Elizabeth Lee's
A Short History of King George County,
Virginia
Legend has it that
Powhatan sent Pocahontas to live with relatives in the present King
George County to get her away from the colonists. The colonists formed
an expedition and negotiated with the Indians to help them kidnap her
and take her back to Jamestown. Pocahontas was taken back to
Jamestown, where the colonists used her to deal with Powhatan, and
where she met and married John Rolfe. King George County was formed
from Richmond County by an Act of Assembly in 1720. The early county
ran along the Rappahannock River from the present Richmond County
boundary to Fauquier County. This long narrow strip of land was found
to be unsatisfactory. During the Revolution, the boundaries were
swapped with Stafford County to the north on the Potomac River. King
George took Stafford's land in the east and Stafford took King
George's land in the west. The dividing line was designated as Muddy
Creek.
As a boy, George Washington grew
up in King George County at Ferry Farm, now in Stafford County. His
father's will is filed in King George County Circuit Court. The
southeastern section of King George from the Richmond County border to
the present Westmoreland County line was given to Westmoreland County
after the Revolution. For this reason, Leedstown, the site of the
drawing up of the Leedstown Resolutions, was in King George County, at
the time.
James Madison was born in King
George, at Port Conway in 1751. His mother was Nellie Conway and had
deep roots in the county.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center
at Dahlgren has made King George its home since 1918. Today, "the
base" is the largest employer in King George County.
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