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Teacher furloughs to affect Fort Benning schools
FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — Six elementary schools and a middle school at Fort Benning will close for up to five days in September because of teacher furloughs. Department of Defense Education Activit...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ben Masters said he is planning to pursue a career in engineering. (Lauren Jones / RN-T.com)
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Coosa High School's Ben Masters graduates with honors
When Ben Masters pushes his wheelchair across the stage of The Forum today and accepts his high school diploma, it’s not a stretch to guess the 18-year-old Coosa High graduate’s accomplishment ...
May 24, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jeff McDaniel
McDaniel: I am committed to local school governance
Floyd County schools superintendent Jeff Mc­Daniel said after receiving a letter from the state Charter Committee that he’s committed to local school governance and welcomes a consultant to his sys...
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Floyd County Education Center alumna Amanda Smith attended Wednesday’s farewell luncheon with her children, Zarin, 6, and Hadleigh, 2 months. She is a 2006 graduate of the school. (Alan Riquelmy / RN-T.com)
Bittersweet reunion: Floyd County Education Center to permanently shut its doors Friday
Jade Wells stood at the front of the lunch line Wednesday, serving food to students and alumni of the Floyd County Education Center at its farewell luncheon. Wells, 16, graduated last week from th...
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Riverdale High School to graduate 5 sets of twins
ATLANTA (AP) — A high school in Clayton County is set to graduate five sets of twins during its graduation ceremony on Friday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the five sets of twins wi...
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Ashley Kobe presents a scholarship to Cody Peoples
College and Career Academy presents scholarships
The end of a school year and graduation closes one chapter for students but it is also a bright, new beginning. That is especially true for students earning scholarships to continue their education...
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Morgan Hughes says she plans to attend Chattahoochee Technical College this fall. (Lauren Jones / RN-T.com)
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Model High School's Morgan Hughes to pursue cosmetology
After infusing her career as a Model High School student with volunteer work such as painting houses and sprucing up river banks, Morgan Hughes has a different kind of makeover in mind for the ...
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Augusta Hosmer
Armuchee's Augusta Hosmer is a Stamps Leadership Scholar
Augusta Hosmer, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named a Stamps Leadership Scholar and will receive a scholarship valued at $210,000 for her college experience. The scholarship will inclu...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gordon County schools approve new ‘feeder program’
by The Calhoun Times
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
As students prepare to meet the end of another school year, the Gordon County School system is in the full swing of change. With announcements of the change in Ashworth Middle’s principal, resigna...
GRADUATE OF DISTINCTION: Armuchee High's Bennett Garland plans to attend Ga. Tech to pursue business career
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
When Bennett Garland approaches the podium on The Forum’s stage Saturday and looks out at the hundreds of eyes staring back at him, the Armuchee High School grad-to-be has one goal: to make the...
Armuchee High, Rome High see graduation rates soar; all area high schools top state rate in a graduation report released Tuesday
by Jeremy Stewart, staff writer
May 22, 2013 | 13 13 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department o...
Muscogee Co. school board approves school closings
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that the Mu...
Pepperell Elementary fifth-grader’s random act of kindness comes back to her
by Lauren Jones, Staff Writer
May 21, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
After Lindsey Johnson watched a promotional video for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in class at Pepperell Elementary School, the 11-year-old went home in tears. “She had seen the video and...
GNTC nursing program reaccredited
by press release
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia Northwestern Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program has been granted continued accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Accreditation will co...
Common Core: A primer on the curriculum, and the debate about it, from WABE's Martha Dalton
by WABE radio
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
On May 17 and 18, Georgia Republicans will gather in Athens for their state convention. While much of the buzz will center on a crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary field, there will likely also ...
Nathan Deal escapes GOP rebuke over Common Core
by Political Insider with Jim Galloway
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Nathan Deal owes Seth Harp a basket of flowers. Or at least a thank-you note. By calling for a quorum in the final minutes of the state GOP convention on Saturday, the former state senator fro...