“The community here is a huge supporter of the schools,” says Superintendent Tullock. “A lot of our parents and grandparents were students in this district. Now, their children are walking the same halls they once did.” The district’s early childhood programs, including a three-year-old Montessori program and a traditional four-year-old kindergarten, start that lifelong no alternative meals because someone can’t pay. Everyone eats, every day.” COMMUNITY TIES THAT SPAN GENERATIONS Calhoun County Public Schools is deeply intertwined with the community it serves. Families who once filled the classrooms as students now return to enroll their own children, creating a powerful sense of continuity and pride. 238 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 11
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