Fayette Board of Education considers aging school’s needs; $12 million or $24M? Should Booth Middle School in Peachtree City receive needed a renovation at $11-12 million or should the school be replaced for about $24 million? That question is on the minds of the Fayette County Board of Education and will likely be addressed in […]
A former Coweta County student is in custody in Savannah after making terroristic threats toward Coweta schools. Meantime, a Northgate High School student was removed from school after posting an online threat involving a shooting. School system spokesman Dean Jackson said officials at 9:35 a.m. on March 2 were notified by the Newnan Police […]
An East Coweta High School student was arrested March 1 after it was discovered that he had a loaded handgun on school property. The name of the student, who was quickly arrested at the scene, has not been released. A letter to parents from Principal Stephen Allen said that at approximately 12:25 p.m. school […]
Fayette County is about to get a new school, one that is unique in its own way. A part of the Acton Academy schools, The Forest School will be located at Pinewood Forrest in Fayetteville and will begin classes for the new school year in the fall. In terms of the number of students […]
Their idea for an easy way to fill water bottles at school drinking fountains landed team TACO (Totally Awesome Cardinals, Obviously), Crabapple Lane Elementary School’s First Lego League (FLL) robotics team, a top award at the FLL state championship held at Georgia Gwinnett College. Above, members of team TACO show off the First Lego League […]
The Fayette County Board of Education on Jan. 22 unanimously approved the granting of easement related to the coming construction of a multi-use tunnel on Redwine Road to serve the Starr’s Mill school complex. Above, a cart path tunnel in another part of Peachtree City. File photo. Designed to serve Peeples Elementary School, Rising Star Middle […]
The 2018 Best Schools in America rankings have been released, and Fayette County Public Schools has made the list. The school system has been ranked ninth out of 183 systems in Georgia by Niche, the largest website for researching public and private K-12 schools, according to school system spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach. Every month, millions of […]
Survey responses by more than 2,000 Fayette County students and more than 850 parents showed that Film and Creative Arts and Computer/Information Technology survey areas carry significant interest to students and parents. The survey, released in mid-December by the Fayette County School System, had 2,163 respondents in grades 8-12 and 869 parent respondents. The school […]
Coweta County-based nonprofit Family Patterns Matter President Linda Kirkpatrick recently acknowledged students at Liberty Tech Charter School in Brooks for their work to address and prevent bullying. Above, posing in front of the school sign are some of the numerous students at Liberty Tech Charter School in Brooks who formed an “Ambassadors 4 Kids” club […]
The Fayette County Board of Education on Dec. 11 approved the purchase of 20 school buses for a price not to exceed $2 million using SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) funds. Awarded to Rush Truck Center, of Atlanta, the purchase includes 15 buses with a 72-person capacity and five buses with a 54-person […]
