Lassiter High School

Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States. Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and 2010 when those School of Excellence awards were named. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. It also received the Siemens Award as th... More

Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States. Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and 2010 when those School of Excellence awards were named. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. It also received the Siemens Award as the top Advanced Placement School in the state of Georgia in 2008 and was recognized in USA Today. The school was also recognized by Newsweek Magazine as one of the top public schools in the country in 2007. Mr. Chris Shaw, the previous principal at Lassiter, was recognized as Georgia High School Principal of the year in 2008 by the PTSA. Dr. Chris Richie is currently principal, as of 2010. Lassiter High School was named for Leamond N. Lassiter who was a member of the Cobb County Board of Education for 12 years and contributed to education in...

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