[2] HCPS operates preschool programs at ten elementary schools.
He said that prior to 1850, Henry County had virtually no school history worth reporting.
From 1846 to 1851, there was a brief experiment in Henry County with district free schools, which led to a violent political upheaval and culminated in abandonment of the experiment.
According to Jean Hairston, the first superintendent of schools in Henry County was Greenberry T. Griggs, who served from 1870 to 1876.
The current superintendent of Henry County Public Schools is Dr. Amy Blake-Lewis.