Atlee High School is a secondary school serving south-central Hanover County, receiving most students from Chickahominy Middle School. Atlee is a part of the Hanover County School District led by its Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Michael Gill. Vincent D'Agostino held the position of principal from 2002 to 2010, but then was named principal at The Hanover Center for Trades and Technology. Jennifer Cohodas held the position of principal from 2010-2014, but transitioned to Director of Accreditation and Accountability on July 1, 2014. John Wheeler is the principal.Atlee High School opened in 1991 with an enrollment of nearly 2000 students. Over 1,700 students are currently enrolled. in 2015, Atlee was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 1073rd best High School in America and number 32 in Virginia.Atlee is an International Baccalaureate world school, certified for the Diploma Programme as school 1191 in January, 2000. In 2008, Atlee's newspaper, "The Shield", created an online edition of its paper on my.hsj.org. Other Atlee publications include their daily televised show, "Raider TV"; their yearbook, "The Legend", their yearly literary magazine, "Elements", and their newly created biweekly televised show, "Feature Friday". Atlee also hosts a FIRST robotics team as a combined part of its Technology Student Association branch, and has competed for their sixth year as team 1599. At the 2007 NASA/VCU Regional competition, Atlee placed 8th out of 66 teams.
