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Dean Rusk Middle School (DRMS) is a public school located in Canton, GA. It educates students in grades 6-8. The school is named in honor of Dean Rusk, who served as Secretary of State under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The school is settled in the Hickory Flat Community and is part of the Cherokee County School District (CCSD).

As the last school in the district to add Grade 6, a new school's campus was opened serve the current 1,480 students (based on 2016/2017 enrollment) with room for growth. Each classroom comes equipped with touchscreen, flat-panel smart boards.

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC).

School History
DRMS originally opened its doors in 1985 (expanded in 1990) and educated students in grades 7 and 8. It had 45 classrooms and labs and a capacity of 725 students. In 2016, a new school was built to replace the aging 30 year old building. The new facility was built using funds from the Education SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax). Construction of the $36.8 million dollar school was completed by Womack, Lewis & Smith Inc. using a district prototypical middle-school design. The 255,037-square-foot, two-story building sits on 25.6 acres. Located on East Cherokee Drive, the school is adjacent to the campuses of Sequoyah High School and Hickory FlatA Elementary.

The new facility has several economic efficiencies featured in the building, such as polished concrete floors. The building's new design features increase safety and security, as well as technological innovations, such as the Global Learning Theatre video-conferencing classroom, and Technology Lab classroom with a 3D printer, green-screen video room and Lego robotics table.

The old Dean Rusk facility was renovated and reopened as an Annex building for Sequoyah High School. It was repurposed at a cost of $500,000 with a new air conditioning system in the gymnasium, new phones and fiber optic lines, a school-wide LED lighting system, and smart boards, computers and other technology in the classrooms, among other items.

== Administration ==
 * Cindy Cooper, Principal
 * Lawrence Gluckson, Assistant Principal (6th Grade)
 * Dr. Tom Usry, Assistant Principal (7th Grade)
 * Catherine Holman, Assistant Principal (8th Grade)

Capacity
The new two-story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6-8 on one campus… which provides sixth-graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule. Projected enrollment when classes begin on Aug. 1 is 1,476 students: 476 sixth-graders, 505 seventh-graders and 495 eighth-graders. Dean Rusk MS draws students from Hickor0y Flat, Holly Springs STEM Academy, Indian Knoll and Mountain Rd Elementary Schools.

Academics
DRMS follows the academic guidelines set for all Cherokee County Schools. Dean Rusk is a 1 to 1 Computer Initiative School and enhances student learning with technology.