McCleskey Middle School was recently designated a “No Place For Hate” school by the Anti-Defamation League. To be given the designation, students worked to educate their peers on bullying behaviors, diversity and acceptance.
About the Author
Keep Reading
Credit: Jenni Girtman
Federal cuts, rising costs force Georgia schools into hard financial choices
Georgia school systems are looking for places to trim their budgets as financial challenges loom. One superintendent warned they're “on a collision course to insolvency.”
1h agoGeorgia county says it won’t pay for campus police after school shooting
Barrow County and its Board of Education originally split the cost of the district’s school resource officers. But now the county says it won't continue to do so.
Low-income Georgia students could pay the price of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
Critics warn the cuts to higher education funding will cost students who need it most, especially in Georgia, which ranks near the very bottom in need-based financial aid.
Featured
Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC
Who tinkered with a Georgia county border? Line moved behind a powerful sheriff’s house.
Borders don't usually move without any votes or laws, but that's what happened in rural northeast Georgia when a county line shifted around the house of a sheriff.
Westside neighborhoods push back against Georgia Power substation
Residents say the plan to place a substation in historic Vine City is case of environmental injustice.
Presenting the 2024-25 AJC high school athletes of the year
Here are the top athletes in 27 GHSA sports whose performances during the past year led to individual glory and team success.