School board hears valedictorian policy change
\n(Cherokee Tribune © 03/18/2011)
Cherokee County high schools will likely be able to honor two valedictorians and salutatorians this year if they chose.\n\nThe school board at its meeting on Thursday night before a full house heard the first reading of a one-time waiver of its va");
document.write("ledictorian policy. A second reading and vote next month will make it official. \n\nThe measure is an attempt to end to a dispute over who should serve as Et...\n
SACS visit scheduled next month
\n(Clayton Neighbor © 03/18/2011)
At its March 7 meeting, the Clayton County Board of Education forwarded to the Southern Association of ");
document.write("Colleges and Schools the district?s Record of Progress Report regarding the Special Review Team?s most recent system evaluation visit.\n\n\n\nThe team has scheduled its next progress report visit April 24-26.\n\n\n\nAt the same meeting, the board rejected one of the most controversial cost-cutting option...\n
20-minute focus period coming to Fayette high schools in Aug");
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\n(Fayetteville Citizen © 03/18/2011)
The Fayette County Board of Education Tuesday night voted unanimously to expand the 20-minute instructional focus period to the county?s three remaining high schools beginning in August.\n\n\nThe move follows that of Sandy Creek High School and Fayette County High School where the 20-minute period had been previously added. School staff, students and principals recently advocated for including the 20...\n
Coweta BoE approves $2 million in new buses
\n(Fayetteville Citizen © 03/18/2011)
More buses for Coweta County schools were approved last week by the Coweta County Board of Education. That approval will add another 23 buses at a cost of $1.9 million.\n\n\nAssociate Superintendent Jerry Davis in recommending the purchase noted that of the $1,920,443 price tag for the 23 buses, a total of approximately $610,000 will be reimbursed by the state.\n\n\nThe pu");
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Merging schools is not best option
\n(LaGrange Daily News © 03/18/2011)
Dear Editor:\n\n Last month the NAACP marched in Wake County, N.C., to protest the local school system’s plan to reinstate a policy of racially segregated neighborhood schools. Studies show that schools in high-povert");
document.write("y, racially identifiable neighborhoods receive fewer resources and offer a lower-quality education. In general, students at these schools learn more slowly and have lower college ...\n
Bibb school board OKs district’s first charter school
\n(Macon Telegraph © 03/18/2011)
The Bibb County school board approved a petition Thur");
document.write("sday night from Macon Academy of Excellence Inc. to set up the district’s first charter school.The measure passed in an unanimous 9-0 vote.At the monthly school board meeting at Springdale Elementary, the board approved the petition after a positive recommendation from Superintendent Romain Dallemand and new information provided to board me...\n
Poll: Cobb");
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\n(Marietta Daily Journal © 03/18/2011)
MARIETTA - Cobb school leaders presented the Board of Education with what could be next year's high school math curriculum on Wednesday, but they are still waiting on state officials for the final word, which could come as early as Monday. \n\nRob Benson, Cobb's assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, told the board it could face one of three options for teaching high school math nex...\n
Local resident weighs in with suggestions for school?s success
\n(Morgan County Citizen © 03/18/2011)
Submitted by editor on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 19:36.\n Editorials\n\n \n\n\nThe high school’s failure yet again to achieve AYP forces us to examine proposals for educational reform. In addition to the remedial programs already underway, I suggest the following:\n\n\n\n\n1. Base all decisions on data, not feeling");
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Opinion: Georgia Senate GOP drops the ball (again) on school choice
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/17/2011)
Georgia?s senators spent close to three hours Wednesday ? the all-important Crossover Day when legislation either pass");
document.write("es one chamber or waits till next year ? debating whether to let people buy beer...\n
Pro & Con: Will changing course on math lower curriculum standards?
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/17/2011)
I keep a poster on my office wall of Winston Churchill. Churchill is pointing at the viewer with his typical bulldog-like express");
document.write("ion, and under his face are the words ?Deserve Victory.? Originally, it was...\n
Pro & Con: Will changing course on math lower curriculum standards?
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/17/2011) (Registration Required)\n
Yes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe can’t require less and say we’re upholding standards.\n\n\n");
document.write("\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy Eric Wearne\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI keep a poster on my office wall of Winston Churchill. Churchill is pointing \nat the viewer with his typical bulldog-like expression, and under his face \nare the words “Deserve Victory.” Originally, it was meant to encourage \nBritons to do what was necessary to win the war....\n
Sponsor tables vouchers bill<");
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\n(Augusta Chronicle © 03/17/2011) (Registration Required)\n
ATLANTA - Tax-funded vouchers for private-school tuition won't be available to foster children and military dependents after the Senate tabled a bill Wednesday that would have offered them.\n\nSenate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, sponsor of Senate Bill 87, argued that the existing vouchers program for handicapped students benefits the children and taxpayers. He noted that 90 percent of the handicappe...\n
Johnston Elementary's counselor 'blown away' by award
\n(Cherokee Tribune © 03/17/2011)
Johnston Elementary School's Tina Word has been selected the first Cherokee County School District Counselor of the Year.\n\nCounty Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo personally delivered the inaugural award to Mrs. Word at the Woodstock school as a surprise.\n\n\"I felt so overwhelmed,\" she said of receiving the honor ");
document.write("this month. \"I was totally blown away and shocked. It's hard to find wor...\n
Principal will step down to serve in military overseas
\n(Cherokee Tribune © 03/17/2011)
At the end of the school year, students, faculty and staff at Free Home Elementary School will bid farewell to their beloved principal, Jonathan Hall.\n\nA U.S. Arm");
document.write("y Reserves soldier who has served in the military for nearly 20 years, Hall will be deployed for his first assignment overseas on July 5.\n\n\"Even though I've only been here a short time, everyone has been very supportive, and I know my fam...\n
Sunday sales, abortion, teacher tenure bills pass Senate on crossover day
\n(Macon Telegraph ©");
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ATLANTA (AP) -- In a battle of morality versus modernism, the state Senate signed off on a bill that would allow local governments to ask voters whether to allow the sale of alcohol at grocery and liquor stores on Sundays.The Senate voted 32-22 in favor of the measure, which languished in committee for weeks before finally making it to the floor on Wednesday -- the crossover day deadline by which ...\n
Teacher job fair for six counties to be held Saturday
\n(Macon Telegraph © 03/17/2011)
Several school districts in the region will be on the lookout for potential teachers at Middle Georgia Teacher Recruitment Day on Saturday. Representatives from Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Crawford and Twiggs counties will be at Westside High School as they prepare to hire new educators for the fall. The participating districts are six of the seven counties that make up the Middle Georgia Regional...\n
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Mickey King: Marietta schools' IB program echoes KSU dispute
\n(Marietta Daily Journal © 03/17/2011)
The recent controversy surrounding Dr. Timothy Chandler's hiring as KSU Provost has sparked conversation \"around town\" that might actually bring more focus to important issues in all of our education systems. Dr. Chandler speaks of his ");
document.write("disturbing, anti-American writings as being undertaken through a \"Marxist lens.\" If we are uncomfortable with someone like that heading up the academic programs at ...\n
E-SPLOST Passes in Lowndes County
\n(Tallahassee-WCTV (CBS) © 03/17/2011)
[UPDATE] 3-16 5:30\n \n \n \n\nThe Education Special Purpose ");
document.write("Local Option Sales Tax passed Tuesday night.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEducators say from construction to learning materials --- this money helps them give students the best learning environment.\n \n \n ...\n
GA Teacher Tenure Challenged Under Senate");
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\n(Tallahassee-WCTV (CBS) © 03/17/2011)
Atlanta, GA (AP) - The Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit teachers' seniority from determining whether or not they are laid off from Georgia school districts.\n \n \n \n\nSenate President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams says that although\nschool districts currently have the ability to craft policies with such measures, they are not required to do so. The Lyons Repub...\n
Teacher tenure challenged under Senate proposal
\n(WRCB TV3 NBC © 03/17/2011) (Registration Required)\n
Associated Press - March 16, 2011 8:24 PM ET \n\nATLANTA (AP) - The Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit teachers' seniority from determining whether or not they are laid off from Georgia school districts.\n\nSenate President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams says that although school districts currently have t");
document.write("he ability to craft policies with such measures, they are not required to do so. The Lyo...\n
Hall Co. voters approve E-SPLOST
\n(Access North Georgia © 03/16/2011)
GAINESVILLE - Voters in Hall County and the City of Gainesville have voted to extend the one penny sales tax for education, SPLOST IV, for an another five years. \n\n");
document.write("\n\n\n\nVoters approved the one penny sales tax for education with 66 percent of the vote. Thirty-four percent voted against the measure, which has passed three different times in the past. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn the past, the funds generated from the ...\n
HOPE overhaul signed into law
\n(Athens Banner-Herald © 03/16/2011) (Reg");
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ATLANTA - Fixing Georgia's beloved but cash-strapped HOPE college scholarship program was a daunting challenge when Gov. Nathan Deal took office in January.\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nOn Tuesday, just three weeks after introducing his proposed overhaul of the program, he signed it into law.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nIt's the first major legislative accomplishment for the new Republican governor and provides ...\n
NOHS junior recalls lessons learned - and taught - on an MTV reality show
\n(Athens Banner-Herald © 03/16/2011) (Registration Required)\n
At first blush, North Oconee High School junior James Padgett doesn't exactly fit the mold of a rank-and-file rap artist.\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nHe's a Boy Scout, a self-proclaimed \"science nerd,\" a pianist with nearly a decade of tr");
document.write("aining and he's the occasional object of derision by some of his class...\n
Rotary president promotes reading
\n(Athens Banner-Herald © 03/16/2011) (Registration Required)\n
When Jerry Coutant visits elementary or middle schools, he says he feels like he is standing among the people who will be the leade");
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UGA graduate programs continue to rank among the best in the nation
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University graduate programs remained among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report?s 2012 edition of America?s Best Graduate Schools. The School of Law tied for 35th and the College of Education tied for 46th.\n\n?Rankings such as these are satisfying because they are a reflection of the quality of the programs at the University of Georgia,? said UGA President Michael F. ...\n
APS faces more than $30 million in 2012 cutbacks
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/16/2011)
Atlanta Public Schools expect budget cutbacks of more than $30 million next school year, resulting in cost-cutting moves that likely include another increase in class sizes...\n
Cobb SPLOST extension appears to pass by 79 votes
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/16/2011) (Registration Required)\n
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\n\n\nBy only 79 votes, a proposed SPLOST extension appears to have narrowly passed in Cobb County on Tuesday night, overcoming strong opposition from anti-tax groups intent on defeating the 1-percent levy and sending a message to area officials.\n\n\nWith all 153 precincts reporting, 50.09 percent of voters cast ballots in favor of extending Cobb&rsquo");
document.write(";s current tax anot...\n
Protecting speech on college campus
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/16/2011)
Should the University of Georgia be a campus where anyone ?no matter how thin-skinned ? can invoke disciplinary mechanisms for speech they find offensive?...\n
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document.write("b>Senate tables voucher bill
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/16/2011)
Champions of school choice lost a battleground fight Wednesday when the Senate tabled legislation that would have dramatically expanded the state?s limited voucher program....\n
County schools adopt CDC tobacco free policy
\n(Calhoun Times © 03/16/2011)
School officials and community members gathered Thursday morning at the county schools central office to support Gordon County Schools? adoption of their 100 percent tobacco free campus policy. \n\nThe Gordon County School Board has joined other school systems in the region, that comply with the Centers for Disease Control?s 100 percent Tobacco-Free School Policy. Calhoun City Schools adopted");
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County's valedictorian policy under review
\n(Cherokee Tribune © 03/16/2011)
The students caught in the middle of the debate over how valedictorians are chosen in Cherokee County aren't talking, but one of their parents said she supports policy changes.\n\nThe Cherokee County school board will vote Thursday night on ");
document.write("changes to its dual-enrollment policy and a measure to allow co-valedictorians and co-salutatorians this school year.\n\nIf passed, the measure could settle a disp...\n
Custodial plan should be an improvement
\n(Columbia County News Times © 03/16/2011)
Good for the janitors. Good for the taxpayers. Good for the schools. \n\n ");
document.write(" \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nThat, in a nutshell, is the assessment of the Columbia County school board's decision this past week to forego privatization of school custodians in favor of a plan that reduces the number of existing staff through attrition, while revamping the use of those who remain. As approv...\n
Voters extend sales tax for educat");
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\n(Forsyth County News © 03/16/2011)
Forsyth County voters overwhelmingly approved an extension of the 1-cent sales tax for education on Tuesday.\n\nThe measure passed with 3,396 votes, or about 80 percent, in favor. There were 847 votes, or about 20 percent, against the extension.\n\n“We are so thankful to this wonderful and supportive community,” said Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Buster Evans. “These are toug...\n
Voters OK education SPLOST for five more years
\n(Gainesville Times © 03/16/2011)
Hall County voters responded with a resounding “yes” to continue the 1-cent sales tax for education during Tuesday’s special election.\n\nWith 100 percent of the ballots in, the yes votes were 67 percent (4,478 votes) of the total, while, no votes were 33 percent (2,276 votes). Turnout was 8.3 percent.\n\n“We’re thrilled and grateful to th");
document.write("e voters, the Citizens for a Bett...\n
Willett recognized for support of teachers, law enforcement
\n(Henry Daily Herald © 03/16/2011)
By Jason A. Smith\njsmith@henryherald.com\n \n \n \n\nThe education and law-enforcement communities in Henry County recently recognized a local business leader, for his co");
document.write("ntinued support of their efforts.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nScott Willett, co-owner of Willett Honda South in Morrow, received...\n
BOE approves funds for new SMART Boards
\n(Jackson Herald Today © 03/16/2011)
The Jackson County School System will s");
document.write("pend almost a half million dollars in sales tax revenue to update and install new interactive whiteboards in classrooms across the district.\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n The board of education approved spending $461,...\n
CRCT Prep a Challenge for Overburdened Teachers
\n(Johns Creek Neighbor © 03/16/2011)
Larger Class Sizes and Less One-on-One Time in the Classroom Forces Students to Study More Independently\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have kids, you know that CRCT testing is around the corner, and come April, Georgia students will be gripping No. 2 pencils and putting to paper what they?ve learned during the 2010-2011 school year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe CRCT is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and kn...\n
Change from integrated math should be welcomed
\n(Macon Telegraph © 03/16/2011)
Have we ever wondered how we got here? For example, why did Georgia go to a blended math curriculum, combining instruction in algebra, geometry, advanced algebra and pre-calculus. According to John Barge, when he was running for state school superintendent, Georgia was the only state in the nation using an integrated ");
document.write("approach. He said other states had tried it and it didn’t work. It’...\n
K-8 charter wants to open in 2012
\n(Marietta Daily Journal © 03/16/2011)
MARIETTA - An Atlanta-based charter management organization wants both the Marietta and Cobb school boards to approve a K-8 start-up charter school that would open fall");
document.write(" 2012. \n\nGene Eidelman, president of Mosaica Education, Inc., went before the Marietta school board on Tuesday to request approval of a five-year charter school called The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) ...\n
Coweta extends E-SPLOST
\n(Newnan - Times Herald © 03/16/2011)
Sue Brown had a late supper,");
document.write(" but one with a sense of gratitude on Tuesday.\n\nBrown, the longtime Coweta County music teacher who is now chairman of the Coweta County Board of Education, could not eat until after she knew the vote totals in the E-SPLOST balloting. About 8:40 p.m., Brown ? who had been waiting with friends as votes were counted at the Coweta County Administration Building ? learned t...\n
School construction uncertain after $48 million error
\n(Northside Neighbor © 03/16/2011)
Atlanta Public Schools may be forced to suspend upcoming construction projects because an error in Fulton County paperwork cost the system $48 million in funding.\n\nAccording to Keith Bromery, an Atlanta Public Schools spokesperson, the money was set aside for the system from a one-cent special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST), which was divided among schools in Fulton and DeKalb counties an...\n
Two tales of Taylor are told
\n(Press-Sentinel © 03/16/2011)
Did Beth Taylor improperly mix personal and public funds and channel school funds into a booster account she controlled?Or was she a dedicated band director who remains in personal debt by $18,000 for not being willing to disappoint her students?Which view you would have heard Tuesday depends on which lawyer was talking a");
document.write("t Taylor?s public hearing before the Wayne County Board of Education.Taylor w...\n
No charges made in connection to Cartersville boy who was struck, killed by bus
\n(Rome News-Tribune © 03/16/2011)
Garrett Black was a sweet boy, a wonderful kid and an active third-grader who loved school, says Cartersville City Schools Superint");
document.write("endent Howard Hinesley. \n\nGarrett, 8, was killed on Monday when he was struck by a school bus. \n\nAccording to Cartersville police Capt. Frank Cline, the boy was stepping off a bus at the bus facility at 152 Milner Road when another bus struck him.\n\nGarrett?s mother, Ki...\n
No bullying in child death
\n(Walton Tribune © 03/16/2011)");
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Cursory investigations by both school and law enforcement\nofficials have indicated bullying by his peers was not a factor in\nthe suicide last week of a 12-year-old Carver Middle School\nstudent.?\n \n \n\n?We have interviewed many so-called close friends, teachers and\nadministrators at his school and we do not have any evidence of any\nbullying of that child,? said Walton County Sheriff?s Office Chie...\n
Jefferson County voters say yes to renewing SPLOST
\n(WRDW-TV Augusta © 03/16/2011)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011\n \n \n \n\nJEFFERSON COUNTY, Ga.---Voters in Jefferson County have decided to renew the Special Project Local Option Sales Tax for the Board of Education.\n \n \n \n ");
document.write(" \n \n\nIt passed with 1,453 votes. There were 1,014 people who voted no. The current education SPLOST woul...\n
Hall school official applauds state ed board
\n(Access North Georgia © 03/15/2011)
GAINESVILLE - Hall County's head of teaching and learning Monday applauded the state Board of Education's deci");
document.write("sion to allow schools flexibility in teaching math. \n\n\n\n\n\nWith state board approval, four separate traditional courses would be offered to students struggling with integrated math; Dr. Eloise Barron said students and the teachers, in fact, have been struggling.\n\n\n\n\n\n?It complicates the li...\n
Bethlehem student shot with pellet on bus
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document.write("thens Banner-Herald © 03/15/2011) (Registration Required)\n
A Bethlehem Elementary School student was shot in the face with a pellet gun on the school bus Friday, while a schoolmate tried to hide the banned toy pistol in her bookbag. \n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n Barrow County sheriff’s deputies filed a juvenile complaint against the third-grade girl for carrying a weapon on school property and disrupting a public school. The victim visited the...\n
8-year-old boy killed at Cartersville school bus barn
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
An 8-year-old boy was hit and killed by a school bus at a Cartersville bus barn Monday afternoon....\n
Maureen Downey's Learning Curve Column: She taught America
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
Wendy Kopp, who as a Princeton student founded Teach for America as her senior thesis, agreed to be interviewed by her 8-year-old son for a school project on what led her to invent an elite teaching corps....\n
Mistake costs Atlanta schools $48 million, delays projects
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
An unintentional paperwork error by Fulton County will cost Atlanta Public Schools $48 million and force the city to delay several school construction projects, in some cases indefinitely....\n
More students fail integrat");
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\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
Thousands of Georgia's teens are continuing to fail final exams as they struggle with the accelerated concepts of integrated math....\n
Opinion: See a picket line, thank a teacher
\n(Atlanta Journal-Co");
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Many of the signs at the recent Wisconsin protests against Gov. Scott Walker?s efforts to scale back public union power reminded us that ?if you can read this sign, thank a teacher.?...\n
Some students, parents prepare for less HOPE
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
Georgia fami");
document.write("lies depending on the state?s lottery-funded scholarship to send their children to college will either have to find more money or hope their kids clear a higher bar for full tuition....\n
State board vote: Local districts will decide math curriculum
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
The debate over how to teach math");
document.write(" in Georgia public schools has moved into local hands. And metro Atlanta?s biggest systems appear to be leaning in different directions....\n
Truth-O-Meter: Deal says HOPE overhaul still good for students
\n(Atlanta Journal-Constitution © 03/15/2011)
Gov. Nathan Deal made an interesting claim during a defense of his plan to ov");
document.write("erhaul the popular HOPE college scholarship program....\n
Columbia County To Take Back Two Days Pay From School System Employees
\n(Augusta - WJBF - ABC 6 © 03/15/2011)
Columbia County, GA --\n \n \n\nWhat's good news for students is bad news for some Columbia County school employees. Columbia County Board of Education ");
document.write("members have already decided that students don't have to make up the two snow days from January. Teachers and principals will make up the days.\n\nBut, now we've learned hundreds of school employees won't be getting paid.\n\nSissy Hobbs, preside...\n
GA Board Of Education Approves Math Class Flexibility
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Atlanta, GA --\n \n \n\nThe Georgia Board of Education has approved allowing schools flexibility in the math classes they offer. The board met on Monday and approved the recommendation by State School Superintendent John D. Barge to allow four separate courses to be taught to students who may be struggling with the integrated curriculum.\n\nThe four new courses - GPS Algebra, GPS Geometry, GP...\n
Around Town: Extortion Plot - Sources say school bomber demanded $10 million
\n(Marietta Daily Journal © 03/15/2011)
THE BOMB THREATS received at two Marietta City Schools last week apparently demanded $10 million, the Journal has learned. The notes looked like ransom notes from the movies, with letters cut out of magazines.\n\nThe letters were received Tuesday morning at Marietta High and Marietta Middle schools and threatened that the schools would be blown up Friday if the money was not received, news ed");
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Cobb parents pleased with math changes
\n(Marietta Daily Journal © 03/15/2011)
MARIETTA - In what State Superintendent Dr. John Barge called a \"good direction\" for math curriculum, the Georgia State Board of Education voted Monday to allow local school districts to choose to drop integrated math and revert to a mor");
document.write("e traditional approach at teaching the subject. Many Cobb parents said they are pleased with the decision and credit Barge for providing the math option.\n\n\"It's mu...\n
County schools talk budget scenarios
\n(Times-Georgian © 03/15/2011) (Registration Required)\n
CARROLLTON, GA -The Carroll County School");
document.write(" Board members took time Monday to discuss some possible changes in the upcoming budget.\n\nThe proposed school calendars for next year are all 176 days said Christie Johnson, assistant superintendent of administrative and student services. The calendar, four days shorter than the typical calendar, will mirror this year?s calendar, using the inclement weather...\n
Math Class Could Soon Go \"Old School\"
\n(WAGT (NBC-26) Augusta,GA © 03/15/2011)
Math Changes (Added: March 14, 2011)\n It's back to the classics for math students if school districts decide to move away from the new Math 1, Math 2 & Math 3 curriculum. (more)\n \n \n \n \n \n 0 Ratings\n |\n 2 Video Views\n \n \n Post a Comment or Rate this Video\n \n \n » View More Videos\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n...\n
Tough Questions: Is Stench Making Students Sick?
\n(WGCL-TV (CBS) © 03/15/2011)
ATLANTA -- Parents have tough questions for DeKalb County Schools: Is the stench of raw sewage making their children sick?\n\nJim Kinney is concerned that his son, Phillip, has health issues because of a nasty smell filling the hallways at his son's school, Tucker Middle.\n\n\"The kids are complaining, the teachers are really com");
document.write("plaining, and I noted that my son has had a cough for about a month,\" said...\n
Muscogee School Board proposes class size limit increase, second year in a row
\n(WRBL-TV Columbus © 03/15/2011)
COLUMBUS, Ga. --\n \n \n\nFor the second year in a row, the Muscogee County School Board is looking to increase class size maximu");
document.write("ms by one to three students. All classrooms will be subject to an increase, even remedial, alternative and special education programs.\n\nLast month the State Board of Education gave power to districts to raise their own class size maximums, so long as they informed...\n
Bullying prevention in Muscogee County
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COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - Monday and Tuesday, Muscogee County School District administrators and counselors went through a refresher course about bullying. \n\nPrevention Specialist Marc Fom\n\n\"Today even if I do not say something to your face, I have the means of getting my message across,\" explained Fom\n\n\"We look at statistics and the numbers of suicides are on the rise, girls are more i...\n
Pre-K teachers will likely take 10% salary cut
\n(WTVM - Columbus © 03/15/2011)
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - Muscogee County Superintendent Dr. Susan Andrews explained to Board Members tonight under Governor Nathan Deal's list of cuts teacher salaries would be the first on the chopping block.\n\nUnder the Governor's proposal, each teacher will have a 10 percent cut to his or her salary next year plus they will not gain any money for training and experience. \"So any ...\n
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