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Cherokee’s Poidevant named Georgia School Psychologist of the Year

John Poidevant, psychologist for the Cherokee County School District School, has been named the Georgia Association of School Psychologists 2013 School Psychologist of the Year, the district announced Saturday. The award was made Oct. 1 Poidevant has been Cherokee’s school psychologist since 2006. He currently serves Avery and Macedonia elementary ...

Cherokee school board sanctions, fines one of its members

Cherokee County school board member Kelly Marlow has been sanctioned for violating two of the board’s ethics policies and fined $3,600 — the equivalent of half of her $7,200 annual school board salary. She is expected to appeal. During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, the Cherokee board found that Marlow violated ...

Joseph Poss, 58, faces multiple weapons-related charges

Canton man arrested after agents find cache of allegedly illegal guns

When Cherokee County agents searched the Canton home of Joseph Poss on Wednesday, they found no illegal drugs. But the agents didn’t come away empty handed. They seized 46 weapons, at least eight believed to be fully-automatic assault rifles and many of which were “clearly altered illegally,” Cherokee sheriff’s Lt. ...

Kelly Salata Marlow, 46, was arrested in July for allegedly filing a false report accusing the system’s superintendent, Frank Petruzielo, of trying to run her and two others over with his car after a contentious school board meeting. A felony.

Cherokee school board member sanctioned, fined $3,600

Cherokee County school board member Kelly Marlow has been sanctioned for violating two of the board’s ethics policies and fined $3,600 — half of her $7,200 annual school board salary. She is expected to appeal. During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, the Cherokee board found that Marlow violated its code of ...

Cherokee Head Start endangered by federal shutdown

Three Cherokee County preschools will shut down after classes Friday, unless the federal government shutdown ends or some other federal action restores funding. The Head Start Programs at the Ralph Bunche Center, Little River Pre-K and Oak Grove Pre-K use teachers and support staff paid with federal money, said Cherokee ...

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