Six public schools in Henry County made the list of Title I Reward Schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The list, recently released by the Georgia Department of Education, shows the five percent of Title I schools in the state which are making the most progress in improving the performance of all students over the two most recent years on statewide assessments. Data used to compile the list was from the 2018 and 2019 school years.

Honorees include Austin Road Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Hickory Flat Elementary, Pleasant Grove Elementary, Stockbridge Elementary, and Stockbridge Middle School. Across the state 157 schools in 77 school districts earned this recognition. Information: henry.k12.ga.us.

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Street view of Winslow at Eagles Landing neighborhood, where large number of homes are owned by investors, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in McDonough. Two companies — Invitation Homes and Progress Residential — each own more than 10,000 homes in the metro Atlanta area as of, or near the end of, the 2nd quarter 2022. In fact, there are 11 companies with ties to private equity that own more than 1,000 homes, according to an AJC analysis. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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The Thanksgiving air travel period is on as passengers made their way through the airport Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during the holidays can be an ordeal. Parking shortages could disrupt your plans and security waits can be long during busy periods, causing bottlenecks. Hartsfield-Jackson is advising travelers to get to the airport at least 2½ hours before their domestic flight and at least 3 hours before their international flight. (John Spink/AJC)

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