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More than 1,000 Georgia pre-k kids affected by federal shutdown
More than 1,000 Georgia 4-year-olds are joining the growing ranks of people who have nowhere to go Monday, thanks to the federal government shutdown.At the C.T. Buice Center in Sugar Hill, parents of 60 4-year-olds are worried about the impact on their children’s education, Principal Kim Holland said. They also ...
1 killed, 3 injured in Cobb wreck
One woman was killed and three others injured when two vehicles collided early Saturday afternoon in Cobb County. Police said Irene Giannangelo, 72, was driving north on Mars Hill Road around 12:20 p.m. when her 2011 white Ford Escape crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a white ...
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 ...
Atlanta man, 34, fatally shot; police suspect argument escalated to gunfire
Atlanta police are investigating an early morning fatal shooting. Police said they responded about 6:30 a.m. to reports of a person shot in the area of 579 Boulevard. At the scene, they found a man who had been shot at least one time in the chest. The victim was pronounced ...
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 ...
No charge for class lesson, Gwinnett officials say
Some Gwinnett County parents complained this week when they thought their middle schools students were going to be charged 10 cents an assignment, 20 cents for lost assignments and $10 for the use of their desks. The parents hadn’t received or read emails that were sent out about an eighth ...
Oasis-themed book sale deemed a success
Flippen Elementary School Principal Toni Obenauf and Assistant Principal Johnny Harrell fulfilled a promise to students this week and dressed up like Egyptians. Students at the Henry County school had been challenged to purchase 800 books at the schools annual fall Scholastic Book Fair in September. The fair’s theme was ...
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 ...
School in the pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Dutchtown Middle School in Hampton kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 1 with a “Pink Out.” There was widespread participation among teachers and students, and pink worn throughout the Henry County school. Other activities are planned later in the month, including a “walk for the cause” and the ...
More Georgia pre-k teachers stick with it
Georgia’s pre-kindergarten teachers are no longer rushing for the exit door now that cuts to the program’s school year — and thus to their salaries — have been rescinded, new data shows. Eighty-one percent of last year’s lead teachers, and 74 percent of assistant teachers are back this year teaching ...
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