Jackson County Comprehensive High School


Jackson County Comprehensive High School is a high school in Jefferson, Georgia, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Jackson County School District. It is fed by West Jackson Middle School. The school competes in region 8-AAA. JCCHS is known for its academics, band, Army JROTC, FFA, softball, wrestling, tennis, basketball, and football programs.
On January 31, 2019, Jackson County Schools broke ground on a new high school to replace JCCHS, expected to open for the 2020-21 school year. Once the new high school opens, school officials plan for the existing JCCHS campus to be converted to the Empower College and Career Center, a charter high school that will serve students from the Jackson County School District and the Commerce City School District.

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On February 14, 2007 at about 8:30 am, freshman Andrew Criswell went into the front office with a homemade bomb. He held two people hostage in the front office, until one of them tricked him into looking the other way as they left the back way. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, local police authorities, state police authorities, a SWAT team, and bomb squads came to JCCHS. After two hours of negotiations, Crisswell surrendered. The other 1,800 students and 250 faculty and staff evacuated to the Jefferson Civic Center. It has been said that Crisswell was trying to make money for a relative's surgery.
On March 29, 2017, an unidentified female teenager called the police to report that a gunman was in the building. This was a hoax and caused the school to be evacuated. The teenager was later identified by police, but not to the public, and was found to be from a nearby school called East Jackson Comprehensive High School.

Notable alumni