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Michael Simmons
Michael Simmons was superintendent of the Orange County schools from 1977 to 1983. He came from the superintendency in Dillon, South Carolina, which he had held since 1974, and he left Orange County to become superintendent of the Johnson City, Tennessee, schools.
Source: DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 149
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Life and Orange County connections
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- Michael Simmons becomes superintendent of the Orange County schools Dr. Michael Simmons, superintendent in Dillon, South Carolina, since 1974, took charge of the Orange County schools in 1977. He resigned in 1983 to lead the Johnson City, Tennessee, schools. People: Michael SimmonsSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 149
- Cameron Park School is enlarged again under Superintendent Michael Simmons A further addition to Cameron Park Elementary in Hillsborough went up in 1978, the third stage of the building, which by the early 1980s housed kindergarten through fifth grade. People: Michael SimmonsSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 165
- Orange High School's Cultural Arts Building is fitted with a heat pump system A note to the Orange High plant table records a heat pump system in 1979 for the school's Cultural Arts Building, work that falls in Michael Simmons's term as superintendent. People: Michael SimmonsSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 170
- Orange County voters defeat a $17.8 million school bond backed by both superintendents Superintendents Michael Simmons of the Orange County schools and Robert Hanes of Chapel Hill-Carrboro had spoken for the bonds, saying both systems needed classrooms for growing enrollment and for students with special needs. Voters rejected them 7,447 to 4,517, and Simmons blamed the size of the issues and the economy.Search the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, November 7, 1979, pp. 1-2
- Dannie G. Lunsford becomes superintendent of the Orange County schools Dr. Dannie G. Lunsford, who had come to the county in 1971 as principal at Efland and risen through the instruction office to associate superintendent, succeeded Michael Simmons as superintendent in July 1983. People: Michael SimmonsSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 152
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- Cameron Park School Schools and academies · Hillsborough · 1 event here
- Orange High School Schools and academies · Hillsborough · 1 event here
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