The following is intended to help understand the issues faced by the City which resulted in the decision to increase the tax rate for the 2019 tax year. Read on...
Sitting in the backyard of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Alcoa and Blount County host a number of public schools and higher education opportunities. To attend school in the Alcoa City School System, a child must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten and six years old to enter first grade (both ages as of September 30, in the year of matriculation). Enrollment requirements include:
Certified copy of birth certificate
Immunization record on the Tennessee required green form (inoculations against polio, tetanus, measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough)
Proof of physical exam (on Tennessee green form above)
Copy of Social Security card (or proof of application)
Students living outside Alcoa City limits must pay a $700 per year tuition as well as fill out an application at the school they wish to attend. Please call 865-984-0531 for more information.